Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of β-Amino Alcohols: A Catalytic Version
Thomas-Xavier Métro, Domingo Gomez Pardo* and Janine Cossy*
*Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, associé au CNRS, Ecole Supérieure de
Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI), 10 rue
Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France, Email: domingo.gomez-pardo
espci.fr,
janine.cossy
espci.fr
T.-X. Métro, D. G. Pardo, J. Cossy, J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72, 6556-6561.
DOI: 10.1021/jo071028x (free Supporting Information)

Abstract
A highly enantioselective rearrangement of β-amino alcohols was realized by using a catalytic amount of trifluoroacetic anhydride.

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Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of β-Amino Alcohols
T.-X. Métro, J. Appenzeller, D. G. Pardo, J. Cossy, Org. Lett., 2006, 8, 3509-3512.
Key Words
β-amino alcohols, microwave synthesis, organocatalysis, piperidines
ID: J42-Y2006-2690
