A chiral thioureido acid as an effective additive for enantioselective organocatalytic Michael additions of nitroolefins

作者:Xu Dan Qian; Yue Hua Dong; Luo Shu Ping; Xia Ai Bao; Zhang Shuai; Xu Zhen Yuan*
来源:Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2008, 6(12): 2054-2057.
DOI:10.1039/b804541k

摘要

A novel and effective organocatalytic system consisting of pyrrolidinyl-thioimidazole and a chiral thioureido acid efficiently catalyzed the asymmetric Michael addition reactions of ketones to nitroolefins to afford the adducts with high diastereoselectivities (up to 99 : 1) and excellent enantioselectivities (up to 99% ee).