Special Issue "Organocatalysis"

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A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Organic Synthesis".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2009

Special Issue Editors

Guest Editor
Dr. Guofu Zhong
Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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Submission

All papers should be submitted to molecules@mdpi.org with copy to the guest editor. To be published continuously until the deadline and papers will be listed together at the special websites.
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Keywords

Small molecule catalyst; organic catalyst, organocatalyst, enamine catalysis, iminium catalysis, N-heterocyclic carbenes, phase transfer catalysis, H-bond catalysis, organocatalysis, small molecule catalyzed reactions, organocatalytic reactions, organocatalytic tandem reactions, organocatalytic domino reactions, organocatalytic cascade reactions, organocatalytic asymmetric reactions

Planned Papers

Manuscript ID: Molecules-orgcat-20080929-it- Benaglia
Title: Catalytic Stereoselective Reduction of Ketoimines with
Trichlorosilane Promoted by Novel Chiral Lewis Bases ยง
Authors: Stefania Guizzetti, Maurizio Benaglia,*
Affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Industriale, Universita' di Milano, via C. Golgi 19, I-20133 Milano, Italy
Abstract: The straightforward synthesis of a series of enantiomerically pure Lewis basic amides by simple condensation of commercially available enantiopure amino alcohol with oxalic acid derivatives is reported. These compounds were shown to promote the enantioselective reduction of ketoimines with trichlorosilane. Working with the model substrate N-phenyl benzophenone imine the new organocatalysts lead to the formation of the corresponding amine with excellent chemical efficiency (up to 99% chemical yield) and good stereoselectivity (up to 63% ee).

Published Papers

Last update: 1 April 2009

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