Highly efficient asymmetric Michael addition of aldehydes to nitroalkenes catalyzed by a simple trans-4-hydroxyprolylamide

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 36, 2006, Pages 5984-5987

  Palomo, Claudio ^a   Vera, Silvia ^a   Mielgo, Antonia ^a   Gómez Bengoa, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Michael addition; Nitro compounds; Organocatalysis; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; AMINES; CATALYSIS; OLEFINS; REACTION KINETICS; STOICHIOMETRY;

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; MICHAEL ADDITION; NITROALKENES; ORGANOCATALYSIS; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

ALDEHYDES;

EID: 33748791724     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200602207     Document Type: Article

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73. For details, see the Supporting Information.