N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed umpolung of Michael acceptors for intermolecular reactions

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 36, 2011, Pages 8412-8415

  Biju, Akkattu T ^a   Padmanaban, Mohan ^b   Wurz, Nathalie E ^b   Glorius, Frank ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

carbenes; Michael acceptors; nitrogen heterocycles; organocatalysis; umpolung

Indexed keywords

CARBENES; MICHAEL ACCEPTORS; NITROGEN HETEROCYCLES; ORGANOCATALYSIS; UMPOLUNG;

CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; OLEFINS; REACTION KINETICS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80052098915     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201103555     Document Type: Article

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