Tripeptides as efficient asymmetric catalysts for 1,4-addition reactions of aldehydes to nitroolefins - A rational approach

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1871-1874

  Wiesner, Markus ^a   Revell, Jefferson D ^a   Wennemers, Helma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Conjugate additions; Organocatalysis; Peptides

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; ALDEHYDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CONJUGATE ADDITIONS; ORGANOCATALYSIS; PEPTIDES;

CATALYSIS;

ALDEHYDE; ALKENE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; ALKENES; CATALYSIS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 41949119312     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200704972     Document Type: Article

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