Discovery of bifunctional thiourea/secondary-amine organocatalysts for the highly stereoselective nitro-Mannich reaction of &alpha-substituted nitroacetates

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 8094-8097

  Han, Bo ^a   Liu, Qing Ping ^b   Li, Rui ^c   Tian, Xu ^a   Xiong, Xiao Feng ^a   Deng, Jin Gen ^b   Chen, Ying Chun ^a,c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amines; Hydrogen bonds; Nitroacetate; NitroMannich reaction; Organocatalysis; Thiourea

Indexed keywords

AMINATION; AMINES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ESTERS; MOLECULAR SIEVES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SIEVES; UREA;

HYDROGEN BONDS; NITROACETATE; NITROMANNICH REACTION; ORGANOCATALYSIS; THIOUREA;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINE; ESTER; IMINE; NITROACETIC ACID; THIOUREA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ACETIC ACIDS; AMINES; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESTERS; IMINES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM; THIOUREA;

EID: 53849120983     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200801170     Document Type: Article

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