Aminocatalytic enantioselective 1,6a additions of alkyl thiols to cyclic dienones: Vinylogous iminiuma ion activation

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 51, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 6439-6442

  Tian, Xu ^b   Liu, Yankai ^b   Melchiorre, Paolo ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH OF CATALONIA ICIQ   (Spain)

Author keywords

asymmetric synthesis; iminiuma ions; nucleophilic addition; organocatalysis; vinylogous reactivity

Indexed keywords

ALKYL THIOLS; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CHIRAL AMINES; DIENONES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; HIGH SELECTIVITY; ION ACTIVATION; NUCLEOPHILIC ADDITIONS; ORGANOCATALYSIS; PRIMARY AMINES; STEREO-SELECTIVE;

ADDITION REACTIONS; CATALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS;

IONS;

EID: 84862679331     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201202392     Document Type: Article

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