Development of bis-thiourea-type organocatalyst for asymmetric Baylis-Hillman reaction

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 29, 2004, Pages 5589-5592

  Sohtome, Yoshihiro ^a   Tanatani, Aya ^a   Hashimoto, Yuichi ^a   Nagasawa, Kazuo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric reaction; Baylis Hillman reaction; Bis thiourea; Organocatalyst

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXANE CARBOXALDEHYDE; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BAYLIS HILLMAN REACTION; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042579804     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.05.137     Document Type: Article

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