Direct, pyrrolidine sulfonamide promoted enantioselective aldol reactions of α,α-dialkyl aldehydes: Synthesis of quaternary carbon-containing β-hydroxy carbonyl compounds

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 30, 2005, Pages 5077-5079

  Wang, Wei ^a,b   Li, Hao ^a   Wang, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aldehyde; Aldol reaction; Asymmetric catalysis; Organocatalyst; Pyrrolidine sulfonamide

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBON; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE;

ALDOL REACTION; ARTICLE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 20544474258     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.05.067     Document Type: Article

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