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SUBMITTER: Matviitsuk A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5638104 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20170825 40
A new general concept for α,β-unsaturated acyl ammonium catalysis is reported that uses p-nitrophenoxide release from an α,β-unsaturated p-nitrophenyl ester substrate to facilitate catalyst turnover. This method was used for the enantioselective isothiourea-catalyzed Michael addition of nitroalkanes to α,β-unsaturated p-nitrophenyl esters in generally good yield and with excellent enantioselectivity (27 examples, up to 79 % yield, 99:1 er). Mechanistic studies identified rapid and reversible cat ...[more]