Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 20342007, 20462003, 20452001 and 20421202).
An environment-friendly L-prolinamide catalyzed aldol reaction has been developed. The reaction exhibited broad substrate generality, and high yields with good diastereoselectivity were obtained for cyclic ketones.The...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 20342007, 20462003, 20452001 and 20421202).
The first histidine catalyzed direct aldol reactions of ketones with nitrobenzaldehydes in water and in poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) were reported. It reveals that histidine is a good aldol catalyst for synthesis ...