Towards an asymmetric organocatalytic α-cyanation of β-ketoesters

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1911-1914

  Chowdhury, Raghunath ^a   Schörgenhumer, Johannes ^a   Novacek, Johanna ^a   Waser, Mario ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cinchona alkaloids; Hypervalent iodine; Organocatalysis; Phase transfer catalysis

Indexed keywords

AMINOALCOHOL; CINCHONA ALKALOID; CYANIDE; ESTER DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYANATION; ELECTROPHILICITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROXYLATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84925533846     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: 18733581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.02.116     Document Type: Article

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