Highly enantioselective conjugate addition of dialkylzinc reagents to acyclic nitroalkenes: A catalytic route to β2-amino acids, aldehydes, and alcohols

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 3700-3701

  Duursma, Ate ^a   Minnaard, Adriaan J ^a   Feringa, Ben L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; BETA AMINO ACID; NITROALKANE; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONJUGATE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ACETALS; ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; ALKENES; AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; NITRO COMPOUNDS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM; ZINC;

EID: 0037414323     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja029817d     Document Type: Article

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