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SUBMITTER: Avila-Ortiz CG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6152315 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20170810 8
The application of six novel α,β-dipeptides as chiral organocatalysts in the asymmetric Michael addition reaction between enolizable aldehydes and <i>N</i>-arylmaleimides or nitroolefins is described. With <i>N</i>-arylmaleimides as substrates, the best results were achieved with dipeptide <b>2</b> as a catalyst in the presence of aq. NaOH. Whereas dipeptides <b>4</b> and <b>6</b> in conjunction with 4-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) and thiourea as a hydrogen bond donor proved to be highly efficie ...[more]