Chiral bifunctional thiourea-catalyzed enantioselective michael addition of ketones to nitrodienes

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1402-1409

  Hai, Ma ^a   Liu, Kun ^a   Zhang, Fa Guang ^a   Zhu, Chuan Le ^a   Nie, Jing ^a   Jun An, Ma ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFUNCTIONAL; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CHIRAL DIAMINE; ENANTIOSELECTIVE MICHAEL ADDITION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITES; GOOD YIELD; MICHAEL ADDUCTS;

ADDITION REACTIONS; KETONES; SUGARS; THIOUREAS;

UREA;

ALKADIENE; KETONE; NITRODIENE DERIVATIVE; THIOUREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MICHAEL ADDITION;

EID: 77949292644     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo901991v     Document Type: Article

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