%0 Journal Article %T One-Pot Synthesis of Novel Chiral ¦Â-Amino Acid Derivatives by Enantioselective Mannich Reactions Catalyzed by Squaramide Cinchona Alkaloids %A Kankan Zhang %A Xueping Liang %A Ming He %A Jian Wu %A Yuping Zhang %A Wei Xue %A Linhong Jin %A Song Yang %A Deyu Hu %J Molecules %D 2013 %I MDPI AG %R 10.3390/molecules18066142 %X An ef£¿cient one-pot synthesis of novel ¦Â-amino acid derivatives containing a thiadiazole moiety was developed using a chiral squaramide cinchona alkaloid as organocatalyst. The reactions afforded chiral ¦Â-amino acid derivatives in moderate yields and with moderate to excellent enantioselectivities. The present study demonstrated for the first time the use of a Mannich reaction catalyzed by a chiral bifunctional organocatalyst for the one-pot synthesis of novel ¦Â-amino acid derivatives bearing a 1,3,4-thiadiazole moiety on nitrogen. %K Asymmetric Mannich addition %K ¦Â-amino acid derivatives %K 1 %K 3 %K 4-thiadiazole moiety %K thiourea derived from squaramide cinchona alkaloid %U http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/18/6/6142