Organocatalytic Reactions Enabled by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

Chemical Reviews

Volumn 115, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 9307-9387

  Flanigan, Darrin M ^a   Romanov Michailidis, Fedor ^a   White, Nicholas A ^a   Rovis, Tomislav ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; KETONES; SALTS;

CASCADE REACTIONS; CATALYZED REACTIONS; CHLOROMETHYL ETHER; HIGH ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; IMIDAZOLINIUM SALTS; MICHAEL ADDITIONS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

LEWIS BASE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AZOLES; CATALYSIS; LEWIS BASES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84941051054     PISSN: 00092665     EISSN: 15206890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00060     Document Type: Review

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