Highly enantioselective conjugate addition of thioglycolate to chalcones catalyzed by lanthanum: Low catalyst loading and remarkable chiral amplification

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 4290-4293

  Hui, Yonghai ^a   Jiang, Jun ^a   Wang, Wentao ^a   Chen, Weiliang ^a   Cai, Yunfei ^a   Lin, Lili ^a   Liu, Xiaohua ^a   Feng, Xiaoming ^a  

^a Sichuan University   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Chalcones; Lanthanum; Michael addition

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CATALYST LOADINGS; CHALCONES; CHIRAL AMPLIFICATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVE CONJUGATE ADDITION; HIGH YIELD; MICHAEL ADDITIONS;

ADDITION REACTIONS; AMPLIFICATION; CATALYSTS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; LANTHANUM; LANTHANUM ALLOYS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; LANTHANUM; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CATALYSIS; CHALCONES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; LANTHANUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM; THIOGLYCOLATES;

EID: 77953489540     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201000105     Document Type: Article

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