Water versus solvent-free conditions for the enantioselective inter- and intramolecular aldol reaction employing l-prolinamides and l-prolinethioamides as organocatalysts

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 351, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 1123-1131

  Almaşi, Diana ^a   Alonso, Diego A ^a   Balaguer, Andrea Nekane ^a   Nájera, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aldol reaction; Asymmetric organocataly sis; Prolinethioamides; Solvent free reaction; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149105445     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 15213897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200800814     Document Type: Article

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