Asymmetric trapping of zwitterionic intermediates by sulphur ylides in a palladium-catalysed decarboxylation-cycloaddition sequence

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Li, Tian Ren ^a   Tan, Fen ^a   Lu, Liang Qiu ^a   Wei, Yi ^a   Wang, Ya Ni ^a   Liu, Yi Yin ^a   Yang, Qing Qing ^a   Chen, Jia Rong ^a   Shi, De Qing ^a   Xiao, Wen Jing ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SynBio Research Platform   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 VINYL INDOLINE DERIVATIVE; ESTER; PALLADIUM; PALLADIUM STABILIZED INTERMEDIATE DERIVATIVE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ASYMMETRY; CATALYSIS; DECARBOXYLATION; PALLADIUM; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CYCLOADDITION; DECARBOXYLATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROGENATION; NUCLEOPHILICITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84923239740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6500     Document Type: Article

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