Palladium-N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of indolines through regiodivergent C(sp3)-H activation: Scope and DFT study

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 46, 2014, Pages 15021-15030

  Katayev, Dmitry ^a   Larionov, Evgeny ^a   Nakanishi, Masafumi ^a   Besnard, Céline ^a   Kündig, E Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; C H activation; Carbenes; Chirality; Density functional calculations

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHIRALITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; LIGANDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; C-H ACTIVATION; CARBENES; ENANTIOPURE PRODUCTS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE LIGANDS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; PALLADIUM-CATALYZED;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84915746034     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201403985     Document Type: Article

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