Co-reporter: David J. Morris, A. Simon Partridge, Charles V. Manville, Daugidas T. Racys, Gary Woodward, Gordon Docherty, Martin Wills
pp: 209-212
Publication Date(Web):6 January 2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.10.131
The highly enantioselective addition of acetone to 2-nitrostyrene, using N-diphenylphosphinyl-trans-1,2-diphenylethane-1,2-diamine (PODPEN) as a catalyst, is described.