Enantioselective amine α-functionalization via palladium-catalysed C-H arylation of thioamides

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 140-144

  Jain, Pankaj ^a   Verma, Pritha ^a   Xia, Guoqin ^a   Yu, Jin Quan ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE; BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON; COORDINATION COMPOUND; HYDROGEN; LIGAND; PALLADIUM; PHOSPHORIC ACID; THIOAMIDE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

AMINES; BORONIC ACIDS; CARBON; CATALYSIS; COORDINATION COMPLEXES; HYDROGEN; LIGANDS; PALLADIUM; PHOSPHORIC ACIDS; STEREOISOMERISM; THIOAMIDES;

EID: 85015238847     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NCHEM.2619     Document Type: Article

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