Intramolecular michael reaction of tert-butylsulfinyl ketimines: Asymmetric synthesis of 3-substituted indanones

Organic Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 6564-6567

  Fustero, Santos ^a,b   Rodríguez, Elsa ^a   Herrera, Lidia ^a   Asensio, Amparo ^a   Maestro, Miguel A ^c   Barrio, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMINE; INDAN DERIVATIVE; KETIMINE; NITRILE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

IMINES; INDANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRILES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84055219463     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol2028948     Document Type: Article

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