Highly enantioselective Michael addition reactions of 3-substituted benzofuran-2(3H)-ones to chalcones catalyzed by a chiral alkyl-substituted thiourea

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 352, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1097-1101

  Li, Xin ^a   Xi, Zhiguo ^b   Luo, Sanzhong ^a   Cheng, Jin Pei ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Benzofuran 2(3h) ones; Chiral thioureas; Michael addition; Organocatalysis; Quaternarytertiary stereocenters

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952122427     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 16154169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201000106     Document Type: Article

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