High Diastereoselectivity in the Conjugate Addition of Functionalized Alcohols to a Chiral(E)-Nitroalkene

• Qian CHENG ^1, ,
• Takayuki ORITANI ^1, ,
• Alfred HASSNER ^2,

• 1.

  Laboratory of Applied Bioorganic Chemistry, Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamaiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8855, Japan;

• 2.

  department of Chemistry, Bar-llan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Isrel

• Received Date: 12 March 1999
  
• Fund Project:

  We are thankful to Professor X. T. Liang for his useful help on the analysis of NMR. Financial support by Monbusho Grant-in-Aid from Iapan Society for the Promotion of Science and calculations made in University of Washington, USA are acknowledged.