Synthesis 2016; 48(05): 653-676
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1561505
short review
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Recent Advances on Asymmetric Nitroso Aldol Reaction

Pedro Merino*
a   Laboratorio de Síntesis Asimétrica, Departamento de Síntesis y Estructura de Biomoléculas, Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH), Universidad de Zaragoza, CSIC, Campus San Francisco, 50009 Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
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Tomás Tejero
a   Laboratorio de Síntesis Asimétrica, Departamento de Síntesis y Estructura de Biomoléculas, Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH), Universidad de Zaragoza, CSIC, Campus San Francisco, 50009 Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
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Ignacio Delso
a   Laboratorio de Síntesis Asimétrica, Departamento de Síntesis y Estructura de Biomoléculas, Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH), Universidad de Zaragoza, CSIC, Campus San Francisco, 50009 Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
b   Servicio de Resonancia Magnética Nuclear, CEQMA, Universidad de Zaragoza, CSIC, Campus San Francisco, 50009 Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
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Rosa Matute
c   Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Tecnologías del Medio Ambiente, Escuela Universitaria de Ingeniería Industrial, Edificio Torres Quevedo, Campus Actur, 50014 Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain   Email: pmerino@unizar.es
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Publication History

Received: 19 September 2015

Accepted after revision: 07 December 2015

Publication Date:
13 January 2016 (online)


Dedicated to Professor Carmen Nájera, the 2015 recipient of the IUPAC 2015 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Award

Abstract

The reaction of aromatic nitroso derivatives with enolizable carbonyl compounds (nitroso aldol reaction) to give either α-hydroxyamino or α-aminoxy carbonyl compounds is an important synthetic method. This review illustrates the recent advances in rendering the process regio- and enantioselective as well as catalytic. By employing metal and organic catalysts a range of α-amino (α-oxyamination) and α-hydroxy (α-aminoxylation) carbonyl derivatives can be generated with total regioselectivity and high levels of enantiomeric excess.

1 Introduction

2 Metal-Catalyzed Reactions

3 Organocatalyzed Reactions

4 Enamine Metal-Free Reactions

5 Concluding Remarks