Recent progress using chiral formamidines in asymmetric syntheses

AI Meyers

Index: Meyers Tetrahedron, 1992 , vol. 48, # 13 p. 2589 - 2612

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Abstract

The ability to generate a carbanion next to nitrogen in a chiral environment has led to a number of useful asymmetric routes to alkaloids and related substances. Mechanistic studies have been conducted to understand the nature of these alkylations. ... Tetrahedron Vol. 48. No. 13, pp. 2589-2612. 1992 Printed in Great Britain 0040-4020)92 S3.00+.00 1992 Pergamon Press Ltd EI LH H :BX o X=NO,CO2R,P~(OR)2 E= Alkyl halides, carbonyls +l~1 -~ Scheme 1 *TaJn ...