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SUBMITTER: Cheong PH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3164113 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Organic letters 20060301 5
Mannich reactions between aldehydes and N-p-methoxyphenyl-protected alpha-imino ethyl glyoxylate have been performed using (S)-pipecolic acid as catalyst. The reactions give both syn- and anti-products (dr=1.4-2:1) with high enantioselectivities (>98% ee). In contrast, (S)-proline-catalyzed reactions give mainly syn-products with high enantioselectivities. Computational studies reveal that the energetic preference between the transition structures involving the s-cis-enamine and the s-trans-enam ...[more]