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ChemInform Abstract: A Catalytic Highly Enantioselective Direct Synthesis of 2-Bromo-2-nitroalkan-1-ols Through a Henry Reaction.

José R. PedroVictor Hernandez‐olmosGonzalo Blay

subject

Addition reactionNitroaldol reactionChemistryBromonitromethaneCondensationEnantioselective synthesisOrganic chemistrychemistry.chemical_elementGeneral MedicineCopperPyridine ligandCatalysis

description

Highly enantiomerically enriched 2-bromo-2-nitroalkan-1-ols are prepared by direct condensation of aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes with bromonitromethane in the presence of a catalytic amount of copper(II) acetate and a C1-symmetric camphor-derived amino pyridine ligand.

https://doi.org/10.1002/chin.200908036