Michael additions in water of ketones to nitroolefins catalyzed by readily tunable and bifunctional pyrrolidine-thiourea organocatalysts

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-24

  Cao, Yi Ju ^a   Lai, Yuan Yuan ^a   Wang, Xiang ^a,b   Li, Yong Jian ^a   Xiao, Wen Jing ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b Kaili College   (China)

Author keywords

Cyclohexanone; Michael addition; Organocatalysis; Pyrrolidine thiourea; Water

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; KETONE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICHAEL ADDITION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33751407719     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.11.037     Document Type: Article

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