title: Organocatalytic enantioselective one-pot synthesis and application of substituted 1,4-dihydropyridines--Hhantzsch ester analogues.
abstract: An easy and simple one-pot approach for the formation of optically active substituted 1,4-dihydropyridines by using asymmetric organocatalysis is presented. The one-pot reaction of alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes with beta-diketones or beta-ketoesters and primary amines gives optically active 2,3-substituted 1,4-dihydropyridines in moderate yields and with enantioselectivities up to 95 % ee. It is also demonstrated that the optically active 1,4-dihydropyridines can be used in situ for the direct enantioselective reduction of, for example, alpha-ketoesters with high enantioselectivity.
authors: Danish National Research Foundation Center for Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
authors: Patrick T
authors: PT
authors: Franke
authors: Rasmus L
authors: RL
authors: Johansen
authors: Søren
authors: S
authors: Bertelsen
authors: Karl Anker
authors: KA
authors: Jørgensen