Doubly stereocontrolled asymmetric conjugate addition of acetylacetone to nitroolefins catalyzed by bifunctional tertiary amine–thiourea catalysts derived from both acyclic α-amino acids and carbohydrates
preparative, cheap, and fine-tunable bifunctional chiral tertiary amine–thiourea organocatalysts have been developed by combining both acyclic diamines derived from acyclic α-amino acids and carbohydrates. These organocatalysts promoted the enantioselective conjugate addition of acetylacetone to various nitroolefins in good yields (up to 93%) with good enantioselectivities (up to 91% ee). The present research