A recyclable fluorous (S)-pyrrolidine sulfonamide promoted direct, highly enantioselective Michael addition of ketones and aldehydes to nitroolefins in water

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 3077-3079

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ALKENE; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; KETONE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PYRROLIDINE; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; ALKENES; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; KETONES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PYRROLIDINES; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFONAMIDES; WATER;

EID: 33746620447     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol061053+     Document Type: Article

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