Pyrrolidine-ureas as bifunctional organocatalysts for asymmetric Michael addition of ketone to nitroalkenes: Unexpected hydrogen bonding effect

Tetrahedron

Volumn 66, Issue 51, 2010, Pages 9703-9707

  Cao, Xiao Yu ^a,b   Zheng, Jun Cheng ^a   Li, Yu Xue ^a   Shu, Zhen Cao ^a   Sun, Xiu Li ^a   Wang, Bi Qin ^b   Tang, Yong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SICHUAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bifunctional; Michael addition; Nitroalkene; Organocatalyst; Pyrrolidine urea

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; KETONE; NITROALKENE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MICHAEL ADDITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 78650208092     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2010.10.038     Document Type: Article

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