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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Chi Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3429127 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20080404 17
Enantioselective organocatalytic Michael addition of aldehydes to nitroethylene catalyzed by (S)-diphenylprolinol silyl ether provides beta-substituted-delta-nitroalcohols in nearly optically pure form (96-99% ee). The Michael adducts bear a single substituent adjacent to the carbonyl and can be efficiently converted to protected gamma2-amino acids, which are essential for the systematic conformational studies of gamma-peptide foldamers. ...[more]