Direct catalytic asymmetric addition of allyl cyanide to ketones via soft lewis acid/hard brønsted base/hard lewis base catalysis

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5522-5531

  Yazaki, Ryo ^a   Kumagai, Naoya ^a   Shibasaki, Masakatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC ADDITION; BASE CATALYST; CATALYST LOADINGS; CATALYTIC SYSTEM; HIGHER YIELD; LEWIS ACID; LEWIS BASE; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; MOLAR RATIO; PHOSPHINE OXIDE; RATE DETERMINING STEP; REACTION EFFICIENCY; TERTIARY ALCOHOLS;

ALKALINITY; CYANIDES; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; KETONES; LEAD OXIDE; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

CATALYSTS;

ACETOPHENONE; ALCOHOL; ALLYLCYANIDE; BRONSTED BASE; COPPER; CYANIDE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; LEWIS ACID; LITHIUM; PHOSPHINE OXIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON TRANSPORT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ACIDS; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; KETONES; KINETICS; NITRILES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR;

EID: 77951061383     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja101687p     Document Type: Article

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