Synthesis and properties of chiral thioureas bearing an additional function at a remote position tethered by a 1,5- disubstituted triazole

Molecules

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 8327-8348

  Takasu, Kiyosei ^a   Azuma, Takumi ^a   Enkhtaivan, Iderbat ^a   Takemoto, Yoshiji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric induction; Hydrogen bonding; Multifunctional catalyst; Ru catalyzed Huisgen cycloaddition; Thiourea

Indexed keywords

THIOUREA; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM; THIOUREA; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 78649477223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules15118327     Document Type: Article

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