Chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed enantioselective transfer hydrogenation of ortho-hydroxybenzophenone N-H ketimines and applications

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 35, 2011, Pages 9576-9580

  Nguyen, Thanh Binh ^a   Wang, Qian ^a,b   Guéritte, Franìoise ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

amines; chirality; enantioselectivity; Hantzsch ester; hydrogenation; phosphoric acid

Indexed keywords

ENANTIOSELECTIVE; HANTZSCH ESTER; HIGH YIELD; HYDROGEN SOURCES; KETIMINES; TRANSFER HYDROGENATIONS;

CATALYSIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; HYDROGENATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

PHOSPHORIC ACID;

AMINE; BENZOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; IMINE; KETIMINE; NITRILE; ORTHO HYDROXYBENZOPHENONE; ORTHO-HYDROXYBENZOPHENONE; PHOSPHORIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGENATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

AMINES; BENZOPHENONES; CATALYSIS; HYDROGENATION; IMINES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRILES; PHOSPHORIC ACIDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 80051730235     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201101694     Document Type: Article

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