Dual hydrogen-bond/enamine catalysis enables a direct enantioselective three-component domino reaction

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 6123-6127

  Rahaman, Hasibur ^a   Madarász, Údám ^b   Pápai, Imre ^b   Pihko, Petri M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Hungary)

Author keywords

domino reactions; enamine catalysis; hydrogen bond catalysis; nitroolefins; organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

DOMINO REACTIONS; ENAMINES; HYDROGEN-BOND CATALYSIS; NITROOLEFINS; ORGANOCATALYSIS;

ALDEHYDES; CATALYSTS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROGEN; REACTION KINETICS;

CATALYSIS;

EID: 79959522610     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201101835     Document Type: Article

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