Diastereoselective Henry reaction catalyzed by guanidine-thiourea bifunctional organocatalyst

Synlett

Volumn , Issue 1, 2006, Pages 144-146

  Sohtome, Yoshihiro ^a   Takemura, Nobuko ^b   Iguchi, Toshitsugu ^b   Hashimoto, Yuichi ^a   Nagasawa, Kazuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bifunctional organocatalyst; Diastereoselective reaction; Guanidine; Henry reaction; Thiourea

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; GUANIDINE; N,N DIBENZYL DERIVATIVE; SILANE DERIVATIVE; THIOUREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; HENRY REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 30544439939     PISSN: 09365214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-922770     Document Type: Article

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35. 1H NMR spectrum with that of 3i (Scheme 1). (Diagram presented). Scheme 1.