Direct asymmetric α benzoyloxylation of cyclic ketones

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 41, 2011, Pages 9680-9683

  Lifchits, Olga ^a   Demoulin, Nicolas ^a   List, Benjamin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

asymmetric catalysis; ketones; organocatalysis; oxidation; synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CYCLIC KETONES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; ORGANOCATALYSIS; OXYGEN SOURCES; PRIMARY AMINES; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

CATALYSIS; KETONES; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CARBON; KETONE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXYGEN;

EID: 80053523826     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201104244     Document Type: Article

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