ChemInform Abstract: Highly Enantioselective Henry Reactions in Water Catalyzed by a Copper Tertiary Amine Complex and Applied in the Synthesis of (S)‐N‐trans‐Feruloyl Octopamine.

Abstract

AbstractAsymmetric Henry reaction of nitromethane with a diversity of aromatic or aliphatic aldehydes proceeds efficiently in water under phase‐transfer catalysis conditions with a Cu(II)—prolinol‐derived tridentate ligand complex.