• Title of article

    Direct asymmetric aldol reaction co-catalyzed by l-proline and group 12 elements Lewis acids in the presence of water

  • Author/Authors

    Penhoat، نويسنده , , Maël and Barbry، نويسنده , , Didier and Rolando، نويسنده , , Christian، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    هفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    159
  • To page
    162
  • Abstract
    An approach based on combinations of various water compatible Lewis acids and l-proline co-catalysts has been evaluated for the direct asymmetric aldol reaction. From this broad screening, chloride salts from group 12 elements (ZnCl2, CdCl2, HgCl2) lead to the highest stereoselectivities. Optimized catalytic conditions (catalytic system: l-proline: 20%/ZnCl2: 10%; solvent mixture: DMSO/H2O, 8:2) gave anti aldol products with improved enantioselectivity (>99% ee) compared to a moderately stereoselective procedure based on proline activation only.
  • Keywords
    aldol reaction , Dual activation , Lewis acids , proline
  • Journal title
    Tetrahedron Letters
  • Serial Year
    2011
  • Journal title
    Tetrahedron Letters
  • Record number

    1876340