Enantioselective organocatalytic synthesis of 5 and 6 membered heterocycles

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 4046-4082

  Vesely, Jan ^a   Rios, Ramon ^b,c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diels alder; Domino reaction; Michael reaction; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; CATALYSIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; DIELS-ALDER; DOMINO REACTIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; HETEROCYCLES; METAL-FREE REACTIONS; MICHAEL REACTIONS; ORGANICS; ORGANOCATALYSIS; ORGANOCATALYTIC;

RATE CONSTANTS;

EID: 81255211559     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527211798109213     Document Type: Article

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