Facile and convenient one-pot process for the synthesis of spirooxindole derivatives in high optical purity using (-)-(S)-brevicolline as an organocatalyst

Symmetry

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-170

  Macaev, Fliur ^a   Sucman, Natalia ^a   Shepeli, Felix ^a   Zveaghintseva, Marina ^a   Pogrebnoi, Vsevolod ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Moldova)

Author keywords

Brevicolline; Cinchonidine; Cinchonine; Organocatalyzed reactions; Spiro oxindole 3,4' 4'H pyrane

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857250217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20738994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/sym3020165     Document Type: Article

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