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SUBMITTER: Rozsar D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8793149 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20220106 2
The first metal-free catalytic intermolecular enantioselective Michael addition to unactivated α,β-unsaturated amides is described. Consistently high enantiomeric excesses and yields were obtained over a wide range of alkyl thiol pronucleophiles and electrophiles under mild reaction conditions, enabled by a novel squaramide-based bifunctional iminophosphorane catalyst. Low catalyst loadings (2.0 mol %) were achieved on a decagram scale, demonstrating the scalability of the reaction. Computationa ...[more]