Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Amino Acid Derivatives by an NHC-Catalyzed Intermolecular Stetter Reaction - Jousseaume, Thierry; Wurz, Nathalie E.; Glorius, Frank (Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011)
Keywords: amino acids; Amino Acids - chemical synthesis; Amino Acids - chemistry; asymmetric catalysis; Catalysis; Chemistry; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Heterocyclic Compounds - chemistry; Methane - analogs & derivatives; Methane - chemistry; N-heterocyclic carbene; organocatalysis; Physical Sciences; protonation; Science & Technology; Stereoisomerism; N-heterocyclic carbene; protonation; ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS; HYDROGEN-ATOM TRANSFER; ENOLATE PROTONATIONS; amino acids; ALDEHYDES; asymmetric catalysis; CONJUGATE ADDITION-PROTONATION; CASCADE REACTION; organocatalysis; NONADJACENT STEREOCENTERS; 1,4-ADDITION/ENANTIOSELECTIVE PROTONATION; ACTIVATED DOUBLE-BONDS