Enantioselective intramolecular crossed rauhut-currier reactions through cooperative nucleophilic activation and hydrogen-bonding catalysis: Scope and mechanistic insight

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 6484-6491

  Wang, Xu Fan ^a   Peng, Liang ^b   An, Jing ^a   Li, Chao ^a   Yang, Qing Qing ^a   Lu, Liang Qiu ^a   Gu, Feng Long ^b   Xiao, Wen Jing ^a  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

asymmetric catalysis; cascade reactions; hydrogen bonds; Michael addition; Rauhut Currier reaction

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CASCADE REACTIONS; CHEMOSELECTIVE; COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION; DIASTEREO-SELECTIVITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; HYDROGEN BONDINGS; MICHAEL ADDITIONS; NITROOLEFINS; NUCLEOPHILIC ACTIVATION; RAUHUT-CURRIER REACTION; SYNTHETIC APPLICATION;

ADDITION REACTIONS; CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN; STEREOSELECTIVITY;

HYDROGEN BONDS;

ALKENE; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; NITRO DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BOND; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALKENES; CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 79958217047     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201100479     Document Type: Article

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