Catalytic asymmetric aziridination of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 7904-7917

  Deiana, Luca ^a   Dziedzic, Pawel ^a   Zhao, Gui Ling ^a   Vesely, Jan ^a   Ibrahem, Ismail ^a   Rios, Ramon ^a   Sun, Junliang ^a   Cõrdova, Armando ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

asymmetric catalysisaziridines; domino reactions; hydroxylamines; unsaturated aldehydes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID ESTERS; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSISAZIRIDINES; AZIRIDINATION; AZIRIDINES; CATALYTIC TRANSFORMATION; DOMINO REACTIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; HIGH YIELD; HYDROXYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYLAMINES; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; ONE POT; ORGANOCATALYTIC; THREE-COMPONENT; UNSATURATED ALDEHYDES;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ALDEHYDES;

EID: 79959645834     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201100042     Document Type: Article

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