Enantioselective organocatalytic reduction of β-trifluoromethyl nitroalkenes: An efficient strategy for the synthesis of chiral β-trifluoromethyl amines

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3589-3595

  Massolo, Elisabetta ^a   Benaglia, Maurizio ^a   Orlandi, Manuel ^a   Rossi, Sergio ^a   Celentano, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bifunctional catalyst; Chiral fluorinated amines; Nitroalkenes; Reduction; Trifluoromethyl derivatives

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSTS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; REDUCTION;

BI-FUNCTIONAL CATALYSTS; EFFICIENT STRATEGY; FLUORINATED AMINES; NITROALKENES; ORGANOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; STEREOSELECTIVE REDUCTION; TRIFLUOROMETHYL; TRIFLUOROMETHYL AMINES;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALKENE; AMINE; ESTER; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; NITRO DERIVATIVE; THIOUREA;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKENES; AMINES; CATALYSIS; ESTERS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM; THIOUREA;

EID: 84923061722     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201405730     Document Type: Article

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