An enantioselective claisen rearrangement catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbenes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 8810-8812

  Kaeobamrung, Juthanat ^a   Mahatthananchai, Jessada ^a   Zheng, Pinguan ^a   Bode, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION PARAMETER; ADDED BASE; ANNULATION REACTIONS; AZOLIUM SALTS; CATALYTIC SYSTEM; CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE SPECIES; CATALYZED REACTIONS; CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT; COUNTERIONS; DETAILED KINETICS; DIHYDROPYRANONES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; KOJIC ACID; MECHANISTIC PATHWAYS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; RATE LAWS; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; SYNTHETIC UTILITY;

CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ETHERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CARBENE; KOJIC ACID; N HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; METHANE; NITROGEN; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ANNULATION REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; SYNTHESIS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; STEREOISOMERISM;

AZOLES; CATALYSIS; METHANE; NITROGEN; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954281480     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja103631u     Document Type: Article

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