Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (7): 587-589.

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Chiral Diamine/Br鴑sted Acid Conjugates Confined in Mesoporous Silica as Catalyst for the Asymmetric Aldol Reaction

LI Hua, L?Xiaobing*   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, China
  • Received:2009-07-25 Online:2009-07-25 Published:2013-04-24

Abstract: Chiral primary-tertiary diamine/Br鴑sted acid conjugates were selectively immobilized on the inner surface of SBA-15, yielding a heterogeneous catalyst showing a 74% yield and 78% ee in the asymmetric aldol reaction of acetone and p-nitrobenzaldehyde.

Key words: asymmetric catalysis, immobilization, confinement effect, bifunctional catalyst, aldol reaction