Diastereodivergent chiral aldehyde catalysis for asymmetric 1,6-conjugated addition and Mannich reactions

Chiral aldehyde catalysis is a useful strategy in the catalytic asymmetric α-functionalization of amino methyl compounds but these reaction types are limited. Here, the authors report two chiral aldehyde-catalysed diastereodivergent reactions, namely, a 1,6-conjugate addition and a bio-inspired Mann...

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Main Authors: Wei Wen, Ming-Jing Luo, Yi Yuan, Jian-Hua Liu, Zhu-Lian Wu, Tian Cai, Zhao-Wei Wu, Qin Ouyang, Qi-Xiang Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19245-3