Mechanistic investigations into the enantioselective Conia-ene reaction catalyzed by cinchona-derived amino urea pre-catalysts and CuI

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 14286-14295

  Sladojevich, Filippo ^a   Fuentes De Arriba, Ángel L ^b   Ortín, Irene ^a   Yang, Ting ^c   Ferrali, Alessandro ^d   Paton, Robert S ^a   Dixon, Darren J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (China)

^d ENANTIA SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Cinchona alkaloids; Conia ene reaction; Quantum mechanical calculations; Reaction mechanism

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CYCLIZATION; HYDROGEN BONDS; ION SOURCES; ISOTOPES; METABOLISM; METAL IONS; QUANTUM THEORY; UREA;

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CINCHONA ALKALOID; ENE REACTION; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL CALCULATION; REACTION MECHANISM;

ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

EID: 84922701268     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201200832     Document Type: Article

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