Access to high levels of molecular complexity by one-pot iridium/enamine asymmetric catalysis

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2354-2358

  Quintard, Adrien ^a   Alexakis, Alexandre ^a   Mazet, Clément ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Iridium; Isomerization; One pot reactions; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ALLYLIC ALCOHOL; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC SEQUENCES; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROPHILES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; IRIDIUM CATALYST; MOLECULAR COMPLEXITY; ONE POT; ONE-POT REACTION; ORGANOCATALYSIS; TEAM SPIRIT;

ALDEHYDES; CATALYSTS; IRIDIUM; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 79952053373     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201007001     Document Type: Article

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