ChemInform Abstract: Highly Enantioselective Aldol Reactions Between Acetaldehyde and Activated Acyclic Ketones Catalyzed by Chiral Primary Amines
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Long He; Wei-Chen Yuan; Tai-Ran Kang; Quan-Zhong Liu; Yu-Hua Deng; Jin-Quan Chen; Shi-Wei Luo
- Source
- ChemInform. 44
- Subject
- inorganic chemicals
Primary (chemistry)
organic chemicals
Acetaldehyde
Enantioselective synthesis
General Medicine
Catalysis
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Aldol reaction
Organocatalysis
polycyclic compounds
Organic chemistry
heterocyclic compounds
Amine gas treating
Tertiary alcohols
- Language
- ISSN
- 0931-7597
For the first time, cross-aldol reactions between acetaldehyde and activated acyclic ketones are achieved in the presence of chiral primary amine catalysts giving optically active tertiary alcohols with high enantioselectivities.