Highly enantioselective reduction of α-methylated nitroalkenes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 52, Issue 35, 2013, Pages 9323-9326

  Burda, Edyta ^a   Reß, Tina ^a,c   Winkler, Till ^b   Giese, Carolin ^a,c   Kostrov, Xenia ^a   Huber, Tobias ^a   Hummel, Werner ^b   Gröger, Harald ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

asymmetric catalysis; biocatalysis; nitroalkanes; nitroalkenes; reduction

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; BIOCATALYSIS; ENANTIOMERIC EXCESS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE REDUCTION; GLUCONOBACTER OXYDANS; NITROALKANES; NITROALKENES; OPTIMIZED REACTION CONDITIONS;

PARAFFINS; REDUCTION;

ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

ALKENE; AMINE; GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; NITROALKANES; NITROALKENES; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REDUCTION; STEREOISOMERISM;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; BIOCATALYSIS; NITROALKANES; NITROALKENES; REDUCTION;

ALKENES; AMINES; BIOCATALYSIS; GLUCOSE 1-DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84882990717     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201301814     Document Type: Article

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