Perfluorobutanesulfonamide organocatalyst 4 efficiently promotes asymmetric conjugateadditions of malonates to α,β-unsaturated ketones to afford the corresponding adducts with excellent enantiosel...
Perfluoroalkanesulfonamide organocatalyst 7 efficiently promotes asymmetric Michael additions of malonates to enones in cyclohexane or water to produce the corresponding addition products with excellent yields and with up to 99% ee. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.