Control of remote stereochemistry in the synthesis of spirocyclic oxindoles: Vinylogous organocascade catalysis

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 52, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 5360-5363

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

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

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

Author keywords

aldol reaction; organocatalysis; spirocompounds; synthetic methods; vinylogous reactivity

Indexed keywords

ALDOL REACTIONS; ORGANOCATALYSIS; SPIRO-COMPOUNDS; SYNTHETIC METHODS; VINYLOGOUS REACTIVITIES;

CATALYSIS; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; REACTION KINETICS;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84877260441     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201301017     Document Type: Article

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