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SUBMITTER: Yang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4562282 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20150226 9
Here we report the direct asymmetric amination of α-substituted cyclic ketones catalyzed by a chiral phosphoric acid, yielding products with a N-containing quaternary stereocenter in high yields and excellent enantioselectivities. Kinetic resolution of the starting ketone was also found to occur on some of the substrates under milder conditions, providing enantioenriched α-branched ketones, another important building block in organic synthesis. The utility of this methodology was demonstrated in ...[more]