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Design and development of bioinspired guanine-based organic catalyst for asymmetric catalysis
Suez, Gal,Bloch, Victoria,Nisnevich, Gennady,Gandelman, Mark
, p. 2118 - 2122 (2012/06/01)
Design, preparation, and studies of a family of new organic catalysts are presented. The design of the catalysts is inspired by the ability of DNA nucleobases to develop precise and explicit hydrogen bonds. We have shown that this phenomenon can be used to create a useful organic catalyst that demonstrates a recognition pattern similar to those of common organic substrates. A selected bifunctional catalyst based on a guanine structure has been shown to catalyze the conjugate addition of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds to various nitroalkenes, providing the products in good yields and enantioselectivities.