First highly enantioselective synthesis of benzodiazepinones by catalytic hydrogenation

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 352, Issue 14-15, 2010, Pages 2629-2634

  Rueping, Magnus ^a   Merino, Estíbaliz ^a   Koenigs, René M ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

amino acids; asymmetric hydrogenation; Br nsted acids; enantioselective reduction; Hantzsch dihydropyridines; organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449251697     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 16154169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201000547     Document Type: Article

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