Tag Archives: Miura

Fluorous Organocatalyst for Aldol Reactions

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Marv

Researchers at Gifu Pharmaceutical University led by Prof. Tsuyoshi Miura have been working on fluorous sulfonamide organocatalysts for some time now and have reported their results in various reactions.  These include asymmetric aldol reactions and Michael additions which we have … Continue reading →

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Fluorous Organocatalyzed Michael Addition

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Marv

The number of fluorous organocatalysts and the number of reactions they catalyze is getting larger all the time.  The marriage of fluorous methods with organocatalysis is particularly attractive since organocatalysts can be costly and may require higher loading compared to … Continue reading →

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Oxidation Using Fluorous IBX

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Marv

Hypervalent iodine compounds are popular oxidizing agents for a number of good reasons.  They are generally very selective and mild which means that you can oxidize an alcohol for example in the presence of numerous other functional groups.  In addition … Continue reading →

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