Lewis Acid Catalyzed Borotropic Shifts in the Design of Diastereo- and Enantioselective γ-Additions of Allylboron Moieties to Aldimines

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 4701-4706

  Van Der Mei, Farid W ^a   Miyamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Silverio, Daniel L ^a   Hoveyda, Amir H ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

boron; borotropic shift; diastereoselective synthesis; enantioselective catalysis; homoallylic amines

Indexed keywords

BORON; CATALYSIS; STEREOSELECTIVITY;

BOROTROPIC SHIFT; CO CATALYSTS; DIASTEREOSELECTIVE REACTIONS; DIASTEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; ENANTIOSELECTIVE CATALYSIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE TRANSFORMATION; HOMOALLYLIC AMINES;

ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

BORON; IMINE; LEWIS ACID;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

BORON; CATALYSIS; IMINES; LEWIS ACIDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84960158762     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201600546     Document Type: Article

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