Chiral Brønsted acid-catalyzed asymmetric trisubstituted aziridine synthesis using α-diazoacyl oxazolidinones

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 9730-9733

  Hashimoto, Takuya ^a   Nakatsu, Hiroki ^a   Yamamoto, Kumiko ^a   Maruoka, Keiji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIRIDINES; OXAZOLIDINONES; STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS;

IONIC LIQUIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOSELECTIVITY;

CATALYSIS;

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; BRONSTED ACID; IMINE; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 79959521750     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja203901h     Document Type: Article

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