An Adverse Effect of Higher Catalyst Loading and Longer Reaction Time on Enantioselectivity in an Organocatalytic Multicomponent Reaction
作者:Tushar M. Khopade、Trimbak B. Mete、Jyotsna S. Arora、Ramakrishna G. Bhat
DOI:10.1002/chem.201800278
日期:2018.4.20
An enantioselective organocatalytic multicomponent reaction of aldehydes, ketones, and Meldrum's acid has been developed. A cinchona‐based primary amine (1 mol %) catalyses the multicomponent reaction via the formation of the Knoevenagel product and a chiral enamine to form enantiopure δ‐keto Meldrum's acids in a tandem catalytic pathway. An adverse effect of higher catalyst loading and longer reaction