Cinchona alkaloid amide catalyzed enantioselective formal [2+2] cycloadditions of allenoates and imines: Synthesis of 2,4-disubstituted azetidines

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 5356-5360

  Denis, Jean Baptiste ^a   Masson, Géraldine ^a   Retailleau, Pascal ^a   Zhu, Jieping ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

allenoates; asymmetric synthesis; cycloaddition; nitrogen heterocycles; organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; CATALYSIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MOLECULAR SIEVES;

ALLENOATES; AMIDE CATALYSTS; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CINCHONA ALKALOID; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; NITROGEN HETEROCYCLES; ORGANOCATALYSIS; [2+2] CYCLOADDITION;

CYCLOADDITION;

EID: 79957527540     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201100706     Document Type: Article

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