Diastereo- And enantioselective conjugate addition of α-ketoesters to nitroalkenes catalyzed by a chiral Ni(OAc)2 complex under mild conditions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4036-4037

  Nakamura, Ayako ^a,b,c   Lectard, Sylvain ^a   Hashlzurne, Daisuke ^a   Hamashima, Yoshitaka ^a   Sodeoka, Mikiko ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYORIN PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATE ADDITION; ENANTIOSELECTIVE CONJUGATE ADDITION; KETO ESTER; NATURAL PRODUCTS; NITROALKENES; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVES; SYNTHETIC UTILITY; VARIOUS SUBSTRATES;

ESTERS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONJUGATE; GEOMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCREENING; SYNTHESIS;

ACETATES; ALKENES; CATALYSIS; ESTERS; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NICKEL; NITRO COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77950262715     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja909457b     Document Type: Article

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