Highly enantioselective intermolecular alkylation of aldehydes with alcohols by cooperative catalysis of diarylprolinol silyl ether with Brønsted acid

Chemistry - An Asian Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2890-2894

  Xiao, Jian ^a,b   Zhao, Kai ^a   Loh, Teck Peng ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

alkylation; br nsted acid; cooperative catalysis; enantioselectivty; organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE CATALYSIS; COOPERATIVE SYSTEMS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; ENANTIOSELECTIVTY; FERROCENYL; FUNCTIONALIZED; HIGH YIELD; ORGANOCATALYSIS; SILYL ETHERS;

ALDEHYDES; ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; ETHERS; REACTION KINETICS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80155171614     PISSN: 18614728     EISSN: 1861471X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201100692     Document Type: Article

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