Nucleophilic tertiary phosphine organocatalysts in asymmetric reactions

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 4083-4107

  Zhou, Zhenghong ^a   Wang, Youming ^a   Tang, Chuchi ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Desymmetrization; Diastereoselective reaction; Enantioselective reaction; Kinetic resolution; Organocatalysis; Phosphine

Indexed keywords

ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; STEREOSELECTIVITY;

ASYMMETRIC REACTION; DESYM-METRIZATION; DIASTEREOSELECTIVE REACTIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE REACTIONS; KINETIC RESOLUTION; ORGANOCATALYSIS; ORGANOCATALYSTS; PHOSPHINE; TERTIARY PHOSPHINES; ]+ CATALYST;

ORGANOCATALYST;

EID: 81255211555     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527211798109222     Document Type: Review

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