Chiral Zn(II)-bisamidine complex as a lewis-brønsted combined acid catalyst: Application to asymmetric mukaiyama aldol reactions of α-ketoesters

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 9010-9022

  Gotoh, Ryo ^a   Yamanaka, Masahiro ^a  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ketoester; Asymmetric Mukaiyama aldol reaction; Bisamidine; Lewis Br nsted combined acid

Indexed keywords

ESTER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; LEWIS ACID; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; SILANE DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRIFLUOROETHANOL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; QUANTUM THEORY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTERS; ETHERS; LEWIS ACIDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; QUANTUM THEORY; SILANES; SOLVENTS; STEREOISOMERISM; SUCCINATES; THERMODYNAMICS; TRIFLUOROETHANOL; ZINC;

EID: 84865445637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules17089010     Document Type: Article

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