Efficient and enantioselective nitroaldol reaction catalyzed by copper Schiff-base complexes

Changsheng Gan, Guoyin Lai, Zuhui Zhang, Zhiyong Wang, Ming Ming Zhou

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Abstract

Mild and efficient enantioselective nitroaldol reactions of nitromethane with various aldehydes were catalyzed by chiral copper Schiff-base complexes, which can be readily prepared from amino acid, yielding the corresponding adducts with high yields and good enantiometric excess (ee).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)725-728
Number of pages4
JournalTetrahedron Asymmetry
Volume17
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Mar 2006

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