Enantioselective Nazarov using a Thiourea Catalyst
Posted by naturalproductman on May 28, 2010
Marcus Tius and co-workers at the University of Hawaii have published in JACS on an organocatalytic enantioselective Nazarov reaction that uses a chiral thiourea catalyst. The terminal ester seems necessary to activate the substrate.
JACS paper
This entry was posted on May 28, 2010 at 6:21 am and is filed under Cascade Reactions, Electrocyclization, Methodology, Named Reactions, Nazarov cyclization, Organocatalytic, Pericyclic reactions.
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