Asymmetric construction of quaternary stereocenters by magnesium catalysed direct amination of β-ketoesters using in situ generated nitrosocarbonyl compounds as nitrogen sources
An oxophilic magnesium salt in combination with a chiral N,N′-dioxide ligand switches the chemoselectivity of an ambident nitrosocarbonyl species to nitrogen for the highly enantioselective α-amination of β-ketoesters.
1975 ◽
Vol 21
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pp. 727-729
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