Pyridylalanine (Pal)-peptide catalyzed enantioselective allenoate additions to N-acyl imines proceed via an atypical "aza-Morita-Baylis-Hillman" mechanism

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 4800-4803

  Saunders, Lindsey B ^a   Cowen, Bryan J ^a   Miller, Scott J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; IMINE; PEPTIDE; PYRIDINE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALANINE; AZA COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; IMINES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDES; PYRIDINES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 78049525548     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol101947s     Document Type: Article

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