Electrostatic repulsion and hydrogen-bonding interactions in a simple N-aryl-L-valinamide organocatalyst control the stereoselectivity in asymmetric aldol reactions

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 29, 2013, Pages 6535-6539

  Tanimura, Yuya ^a   Yasunaga, Kenji ^a   Ishimaru, Kaori ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aldol reactions; Asymmetric catalysis; Heterocycles; Organocatalysis; Synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885583094     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201301138     Document Type: Article

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