Abstract
(Chemical Equation Presented) An amenable route to amino acids: An optimized new chiral binol phosphate catalyst (see scheme; Ar = 9-phenanthryl) for the hydrocyanation of imines provides a convenient strategy for the enantioselective synthesis of α-amino acids and diamines.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2617-2619 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 16 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 10 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Amino acids
- Binol phosphate
- Brønsted acids
- Organocatalysis
- Strecker reaction
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- General Chemistry