作者:Anthony P. Davis、Kevin J. Dempsey
DOI:10.1016/0957-4166(95)00374-x
日期:1995.11
Chiral amidines and guanidines have potential as enantioselective catalysts for reactions of nitroalkanes, through formation of hydrogen-bonded complexes with nitronate anions. With this in mind, the bicyclic guanidine 9 was synthesized from amino-alcohol 12, employing pyrrole formation as a protection method for the amino-nitrogen. Low enantioselectivities were obtained when 9 was used as catalyst for conjugate additions of nitroalkanes. However, other applications are suggested by its hindered, chiral and strongly basic nature.