Substrate-dependent nonlinear effects in proline-thiourea-catalyzed aldol reactions: Unraveling the role of the thiourea co-catalyst

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1142-1148

  Ei Hamdouni, Niama ^a,b   Companyó, Xavier ^a   Rios, Ramon ^a,c   Moyano, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aldol reaction; Nonlinear effects; Organocatalysis; Proline, thiourea

Indexed keywords

ALDOL REACTIONS; AROMATIC ALDEHYDE; COCATALYST; IMINIUM; NONLINEAR EFFECT; ORGANOCATALYSIS; OXAZOLIDINONES;

ACETONE; ALDEHYDES; CARBOXYLATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; REACTION KINETICS; THIOUREAS;

UREA;

ACETONE; BENZALDEHYDE; BENZALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; PROLINE; THIOUREA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HYDROGEN BOND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ACETONE; BENZALDEHYDES; CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXAZOLIDINONES; PROLINE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THIOUREA;

EID: 76549131001     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200902678     Document Type: Article

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