Chiral amine thiourea-promoted enantioselective michael addition reactions of 3-substituted benzofuran-2(3 H)-ones to maleimides

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 8697-8700

  Li, Xin ^a   Hu, Shenshen ^b   Xi, Zhiguo ^a   Zhang, Long ^b   Luo, Sanzhong ^b   Cheng, Jin Pei ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOFURANS; BIFUNCTIONAL; CHIRAL AMINES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE MICHAEL ADDITION; HIGH YIELD; MALEIMIDES; QUATERNARY CENTERS; TERTIARY AMINE; TERTIARY CENTERS;

ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; THIOUREAS; UREA;

ADDITION REACTIONS;

BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CARBOCISTEINE; CARBON; MALEIMIDE; NUCLEOPHILE; UREA;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

EID: 78650356901     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo101832e     Document Type: Article

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