Noyort's Ts-DPEN ligand: Simple yet effective catalyst for the highly enantioselective michael addition of acetone to nitroalkenes

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1849-1853

  Peng, Lin ^a,b   Xu, Xiao Ying ^a   Wang, Liang Liang ^a,b   Huang, Jun ^a,b   Bai, Jian Fei ^a,b   Huang, Qing Chun ^a   Wang, Li Xin ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Amines; Asymmetric synthesis; Michael addition; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949819508     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200901509     Document Type: Article

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