Abstract
Chiral lithium amides deprotonate N-benzyl benzamides enantioselectively, initiating an asymmetric dearomatising cyclisation to enantiomerically enriched isoindolinones.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 38-39 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | Chemical Communications |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 7 Jan 2002 |
Keywords
- Asymmetric synthesis and induction; Cyclization; Lithiation; Stereochemistry (asym. deprotonation and dearomatising cyclisation of N-benzyl benzamides using chiral lithium amides in the formal synthesis of (-)-kainic acid); Amino acids Role: RCT (Reactant), SPN (Synthetic preparation), PREP (Preparation), RACT (Reactant or reagent) (asym. deprotonation and dearomatising cyclisation of N-benzyl benzamides using chiral lithium amides in the formal synthesis of (-)-kainic acid); Deprotonation (asym.; asym. deprotonation and dearomatising cyclisation of N-benzyl benzamides using chiral lithium amides in the formal synthesis of (-)-kainic acid)