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Back Cover: Rapid Construction of Structurally Diverse Quinolizidines, Indolizidines, and Their Analogues via Ruthenium‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Cascade Hydrogenation/Reductive Amination (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 12/2019)
Author(s) -
Chen Ya,
He YanMei,
Zhang Shanshan,
Miao Tingting,
Fan QingHua
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201900573
Subject(s) - ruthenium , reductive amination , amination , chemistry , catalysis , cascade , cascade reaction , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , medicinal chemistry , chromatography
A transition‐metal‐catalyzed asymmetric cascade hydrogenation/reductive amination reaction of quinolinyl‐ or quinoxalinyl‐containing ketones has been reported by Q.‐H. Fan and co‐workers in their Communication on page 3809 ff. With hydrogen as reducing agent, chiral ruthenium complexes operate like a Chinese water wheel, turning quinolinyl‐ and quinoxalinyl‐containing ketones into enantioenriched benzo‐fused quinolizidines, indolizidines, and their analogues, via consecutive reactions.