Abstract
Catalytic enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-aziridines and azetidines is a powerful strategy for rapid synthesis of chiral building blocks. This review summarizes the progress in the development of these reactions by organocatalysis.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1851-1861 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Current Organic Chemistry |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 18 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2016 Bentham Science Publishers.
Keywords
- Azetidine
- Aziridine
- Desymmetrization
- Organocatalysis
- Strained ring