Novel chiral hydrogen bond donor catalysts based on a 4,5-diaminoxanthene scaffold: Application to enantioselective conjugate addition of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds to nitroalkenes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 987-991

  Nemoto, Tetsuhiro ^a   Obuchi, Kazumichi ^a   Tamura, Shinji ^a   Fukuyama, Takashi ^a   Hamada, Yasumasa ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric synthesis; Bifunctional catalyst; Conjugate addition; Hydrogen bond donor catalyst; Organocatalyst; Xanthene scaffold

Indexed keywords

4,5 DIAMINO 9,9' DIMETHYLXANTHENE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID; CARBANILAMIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTANONE DERIVATIVE; NUCLEOPHILE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CHIRALITY; CONJUGATE; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYBRID; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 79251598107     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.12.067     Document Type: Article

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