Urea/transition-metal cooperative catalyst for anti-selective asymmetric nitroaldol reactions

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1620-1624

  Lang, Kai ^a   Park, Jongwoo ^a   Hong, Sukwon ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

asymmetric catalysis; cobalt; cooperative effects; hydrogen bonds; ureas

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; COOPERATIVE EFFECTS; DIASTEREO-SELECTIVITY; H-BONDING; H-BONDS; HENRY REACTIONS; NITROALDOL;

COBALT; HYDROGEN BONDS; METABOLISM; UREA;

CATALYSTS;

COBALT; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; NITRO DERIVATIVE; NITROALDOL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; UREA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BOND; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; COBALT; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 3-RING; HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM; UREA;

EID: 84863012143     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201107785     Document Type: Article

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