Thiourea-catalyzed asymmetric mannich-type reactions

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 4128-4143

  Han, Bo ^a   Li, Jun Long ^a   Xiao, You Cai ^a   Zhou, Si Li ^a   Chen, Ying Chun ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Mannich type reaction; Organocatalysis; Thiourea

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC SYSTEM; MANNICH; MANNICH-TYPE REACTIONS; NITRO-MANNICH REACTION; OPTICALLY ACTIVE; ORGANIC TRANSFORMATIONS; ORGANOCATALYSIS;

THIOUREAS;

EID: 81255176912     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527211798109204     Document Type: Article

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