Iridium-catalyzed asymmetric intramolecular allylic amidation: Enantioselective synthesis of chiral tetrahydroisoquinolines and saturated nitrogen heterocycles

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 688-691

  Teichert, Johannes F ^a   Fañanás Mastral, Martín ^a   Feringa, Ben L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

allylic compounds; asymmetric catalysis; iridium; nitrogen heterocycles; phosphoramidites

Indexed keywords

ALLYLIC COMPOUNDS; AMIDATION; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; CHIRAL BUILDING BLOCKS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS; HIGH ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; IRIDIUM CATALYSIS; NITROGEN HETEROCYCLES; PHOSPHORAMIDITES; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINES;

CATALYSIS; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; IRIDIUM; NITROGEN;

IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS;

HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; IRIDIUM; NITROGEN; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; IRIDIUM; NITROGEN; STEREOISOMERISM; TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINES;

EID: 78651395120     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201006039     Document Type: Article

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