A robust, efficient, and highly enantioselective method for synthesis of homopropargyl amines

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 51, Issue 27, 2012, Pages 6618-6621

  Vieira, Erika M ^a   Haeffner, Fredrik ^a   Snapper, Marc L ^a   Hoveyda, Amir H ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

copper; enantioselective catalysis; homopropargyl amines; N heterocyclic carbenes; propargyl additions

Indexed keywords

ALDIMINES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; ENANTIOSELECTIVE ADDITION; ENANTIOSELECTIVE CATALYSIS; HIGH ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; PROPARGYL;

AMINES; CATALYSIS; COPPER;

ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

AMINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PARGYLINE; PROPARGYLAMINE; PROPYLAMINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMINES; CATALYSIS; PARGYLINE; PROPYLAMINES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84863207882     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201202694     Document Type: Article

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