Doubly stereocontrolled asymmetric conjugate addition of acetylacetone to nitroolefins catalyzed by bifunctional tertiary amine-thiourea catalysts derived from both acyclic α-amino acids and carbohydrates

Tetrahedron

Volumn 66, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 3655-3661

  Pu, Xue Wei ^a   Peng, Fang Zhi ^a   Zhang, Hong Bin ^a   Shao, Zhi Hui ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Carbohydrates; Catalyst design; Conjugate addition; Doubly stereocontrolled

Indexed keywords

ACETYLACETONE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE; DIAMINE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TERTIARY AMINE; THIOUREA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONJUGATE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77951121821     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2010.03.081     Document Type: Article

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