Concentration Effect in the Asymmetric Michael Addition of Ace- tone to β- Nitrostyrenes Catalyzed by Primary Amine Thioureas

Bifunctional primary amine thiourea (PAT) organocatalysts show remarkable improvement in enantioselectivity and catalytic activity (turnover frequency) in the asymmetric Michael addition of acetone to β-nitrostyrenes upon dilution. Mechanistic investigations indicate that this behavior corresponds t...

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Autores: Günler, Z. Inci, Alfonso, Ignacio, Jimeno, Ciril, Pericàs, Miquel A.
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2072/355622
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/2072/355622
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1589408
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Resumo:Bifunctional primary amine thiourea (PAT) organocatalysts show remarkable improvement in enantioselectivity and catalytic activity (turnover frequency) in the asymmetric Michael addition of acetone to β-nitrostyrenes upon dilution. Mechanistic investigations indicate that this behavior corresponds to the inhibition of off-cycle catalyst deactivation at low concentration, rather than to the operation of aggregation phenomena at high concentration. Reaction at low concentration (≤0.2 M in β-nitrostyrene) leads to the minimization of catalyst deactivation and, thus, to the optimization of yield and ee of the Michael­ addition products.