Organic Solvent-Free Direct Asymmetric Aldol Reactions Catalyzed by a Siloxy Serine Organocatalyst in Brine

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 3081-3091

  Teo, Yong Chua ^a   Lee, Peter Peng Foo ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

hydroxy carbonyl compounds; Asymmetric aldol; Enantiomeric excess; Organocatalyst; Serine

Indexed keywords

2 (HYDROXY NAPHTHALEN 2 YL METHYL) CYCLOHEXANONE; 2 (HYDROXY PHENYL METHYL) CYCLOHEXANONE; 2 [(4 BROMO PHENYL) HYDROXY METHYL] CYCLOHEXANONE; 2 [HYDROXY (4 NITRO PHENYL) METHYL] CYCLOPENTANONE; 2 BENZYLOXYCARBONYLAMINO 3 (TERT BUTYL DIPHENYL SILANYLOXY) PROPIONIC ACID; 2 HYDROXY (4 NITRO PHENYL) METHYL] CYCLOHEXANONE; 4 [HYDROXY (2 OXO CYCLOHEXYL) METHYL] BENZONITRILE; 4 HYDROXY 4 (4 NITRO PHENYL) BUTAN 2 ONE; ALDEHYDE; CYCLOHEXANONE; SERINE; SILOXY SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALDOL REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 68749100830     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910902730937     Document Type: Article

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