title: N-heterocyclic carbene-catalysed intermolecular Stetter reactions of acetaldehyde.
abstract: A facile method for the intermolecular Stetter reaction of various Michael acceptors with acetaldehyde as a biomimetic acylanion source was realized using N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis. This catalytic system has also been applied to the enantioselective Stetter reaction and resulted in moderate to good enantioselectivities for the corresponding Stetter products.
authors.affiliation: Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea.
authors.forename: Sun Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ming Yu
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Mi Jin
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Young Sug
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Liqiu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Choong Eui
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Do Hyun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Jung Woon
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Yang