Enantioselective 1,6-Michael addition of anthrone to 3-methyl-4-nitro-5- alkenyl-isoxazoles catalyzed by bifunctional thiourea-tertiary amines

Tetrahedron

Volumn 67, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 3991-3996

  Sun, Hong Wei ^a,c   Liao, Yu Hua ^a,c   Wu, Zhi Jun ^b   Wang, Hao Yu ^a   Zhang, Xiao Mei ^a   Yuan, Wei Cheng ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anthrone; Asymmetric catalysis; Isoxazole; Michael addition; Organocatalysis

Indexed keywords

3 METHYL 4 NITRO 5 ALKENYL ISOXAZOLE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRONE; ISOXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TERTIARY AMINE; THIOUREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; MICHAEL ADDITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79955793513     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.04.032     Document Type: Article

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