Enantioselective Michael addition of anthrone to nitroalkenes catalyzed by bifunctional thiourea-tertiary amines

Tetrahedron Asymmetry

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 2397-2402

  Liao, Yu Hua ^a,c   Zhang, Hui ^a,c   Wu, Zhi Jun ^b,c   Cun, Lin Feng ^a   Zhang, Xiao Mei ^a   Yuan, Wei Cheng ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ISOMERASE; NUCLEOPHILE; TERTIARY AMINE; THIOUREA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROGEN BOND; MICHAEL ADDITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 71849085618     PISSN: 09574166     EISSN: 1362511X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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