Enantio- and diastereoselective addition of thioacetic acid to nitroalkenes via N-sulfinyl urea catalysis

Tetrahedron

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2704-2712

  Kimmel, Kyle L ^a   Robak, Maryann T ^a   Thomas, Stephen ^a   Lee, Melissa ^a   Ellman, Jonathan A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitroalkenes; Sulfinyl urea catalysis; Thioacetic acid

Indexed keywords

1 THIOACETYL 1 PHENYL 2 NITROPROPANE; 1 THIOACETYL 2 NITRO 3,4 DIHYDRO 5,7 DIMETHYLNAPHTHALENE; 1 THIOACETYL 2 NITRO 3,4 DIHYDRO 6 METHOXYNAPHTHALENE; 1 THIOACETYL 2 NITRO 3,4 DIHYDRO 7 BROMONAPHTHALENE; 1 THIOACETYL 2 NITRO 3,4 DIHYDRONAPHTHALENE; 1 THIOACETYL 2 NITROCYCLOHEPTANE; 1 THIOACETYL 2 NITROCYCLOHEXANE; 1 THIOACETYL 2 NITROCYCLOPENTANE; N SULFINYL UREA; NITRO DERIVATIVE; NITROSTYRENE; THIOACETIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA DERIVATIVE;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84862777333     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: 14645416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2012.01.048     Document Type: Article

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