Abstract
Chiral quaternary phosphonium salts derived from amino acids were readily prepared and employed as phase-transfer catalysts for the highly enantioselective conjugate addition of glycine imines to various activated alkenes, including chalcones, acrylates, and vinyl ketones.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4298-4301 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | European Journal of Organic Chemistry |
| Volume | 2016 |
| Issue number | 25 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
Keywords
- Amino acids
- Asymmetric synthesis
- Conjugate addition
- Phase-transfer catalysis
- Phosphonium salts
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry