Increased Structural Complexity Leads to Higher Activity:  Peptides as Efficient and Versatile Catalysts for Asymmetric Aldol Reactions

Philipp Krattiger, Roman Kovasy, Jefferson D. Revell, Stanislav Ivan, and Helma Wennemers*
Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johanns Ring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
Org. Lett., 2005, 7 (6), pp 1101–1103
DOI: 10.1021/ol0500259
Publication Date (Web): February 24, 2005
Copyright © 2005 American Chemical Society

Abstract

Abstract Image

Peptides containing a secondary amine and a carboxylic acid in a specific orientation to each other are presented as highly efficient catalysts for asymmetric aldol reactions:  (1) their activity is considerably higher compared to that of proline, and (2) the enantioselectivity of the peptidic catalysts can be changed from (R)- to (S)-selectivity by simple modifications of the secondary structure.

Citing Articles

View all 96 citing articles

Citation data is made available by participants in CrossRef's Cited-by Linking service. For a more comprehensive list of citations to this article, users are encouraged to perform a search in SciFinder.

This article has been cited by 21 ACS Journal articles (5 most recent appear below).

Tools

SciFinder Links

SciFinder subscribers:  Click to sign in | Not a SciFinder subscriber? Learn more at www.cas.org

Explore by:


History

  • Published In Issue March 17, 2005
  • Received January 6, 2005

Recommend & Share

  • Share on ACS NetworkACS Network
  • Add to FacebookFacebook
  • Tweet ThisTweet This
  • Add to CiteULikeCiteULike
  • Add to NewsvineNewsvine
  • Digg ThisDigg This
  • Add to DeliciousDelicious

Related Content

Other ACS content by these authors: