Abstract
A cinchona alkaloid derived primary amine catalyzed conjugate addition of nitroalkanes to enones is described. The process affords the Michael adducts in good yield and with up to 99% ee for both acyclic and cyclic enones.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3791-3793 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 29 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 17 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Asymmetric conjugate addition
- Chiral primary amine catalysis
- Cinchona alkaloids
- Enones
- Nitroalkanes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Drug Discovery
- Organic Chemistry