Carbon-carbon bond activation of cyclobutenones enabled by the addition of chiral organocatalyst to ketone

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Li, Bao Sheng ^a   Wang, Yuhuang ^a   Jin, Zhichao ^a   Zheng, Pengcheng ^b   Ganguly, Rakesh ^a   Chi, Yonggui Robin ^a,b  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENYL GROUP; CARBON; CYCLOBUTANONE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOBUTENONE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXANE; IMINE; KETONE; METHYL GROUP; N HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE; PHENYL GROUP; PROTON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; KETONE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

ARTICLE; BIOCATALYST; CARBONYLATION; CATALYSIS; CHIRALITY; COVALENT BOND; CYCLOADDITION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; REACTION TIME; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84923206667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7207     Document Type: Article

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