Nornicotine-organocatalyzed aqueous reduction of alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes.

Chem Commun (Camb)

Department of Chemistry, Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.

Published: December 2007

Nornicotine, a native component of tobacco and minor nicotine metabolite, was found to catalyze the chemoselective reduction of alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes under homogeneous aqueous conditions.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b713273eDOI Listing

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