Organocatalytic asymmetric conjugate addition of thioacetic acid to β-nitrostyrenes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2585-2589

  Li, Hao ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Zu, Liansuo ^a   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amine thiourea; Asymmetric organocatalysis; Michael addition reaction; Nitroolefins; Thioacetic acid

Indexed keywords

AMINE; NITROSTYRENE; STYRENE DERIVATIVE; THIOACETIC ACID; THIOUREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CONJUGATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MICHAEL ADDITION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 33644907743     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.02.036     Document Type: Article

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