Secondary amine catalyzed retro-aldol reactions of enals and enones: one-pot conversion of enals to [alpha]-substituted derivatives

A practical synthetic procedure to hydrolytically cleave the C,C-double bond of a,b-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones has been developed. Secondary amines are employed as organocatalysts for the retro-aldol process under simple and mild reaction conditions. Beside the generation of the parent aromat...

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Main Authors: Enders, D., Nguyen, Thanh Vinh
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2012
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040403912002663
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4742