The Henry Reaction Efficiently Catalyzed by a Cd-Proline Complex

Title: The Henry Reaction Efficiently Catalyzed by a Cd-Proline Complex

Volume: 5 Issue: 4

Author(s): Junke Wang, Zhi-Jin Lu, Le-Yong Wang, Junfeng Bai and Yi Pan

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Keywords: Aqueous medium, henry reaction, Cd-proline complex, lewis acid, mechanism

Abstract: The Henry reaction has been efficiently catalyzed by a Cd-proline complex in water at ambient temperature to afford the β-nitroalcohols in good to excellent yields. Effective recovery and recycling (up to five runs) of the catalyst are documented.

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Wang Junke, Lu Zhi-Jin, Wang Le-Yong, Bai Junfeng and Pan Yi, The Henry Reaction Efficiently Catalyzed by a Cd-Proline Complex, Letters in Organic Chemistry 2008; 5 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157017808784049533