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Catalytic enantioselective ene reactions of imines: a simple approach for the formation of optically active α-amino acids

Chemical CommunicationsPublished 1 January 1998
Sulan Yao, Xiangming Fang, Karl Anker Jørgensen
Citations57
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score1.04
SNIP0.78

Abstract

A highly enantioselective ene reaction of readily available tosyl α-imino esters with alkenes catalysed by only 0.1 mol% of chiral CuPF6–BINAP complexes is presented.

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Chemistry