title: Highly enantioselective nitroaldol reaction catalyzed by new chiral copper complexes.
abstract: Remarkable generality in scope of DATs/Cu catalysts for enantioselective nitroaldol reaction is described; excellent levels of stereoinduction are recorded for a range of aldehydes (ee 81-99%, 17 examples) and the possibility to employ the present catalytic system as the key step for the preparation of highly functionalized tetrahydro-isoquinolines is demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica G. Ciamician, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy. marco.bandini@unibo.it
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bandini
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Piccinelli
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tommasi
authors.forename: Achille
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Umani-Ronchi
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ventrici