%0 Journal Article %@ 0936-5214 %A Wang, L %A Cai, C %A Curran, DP %A Zhang, W %D 2010 %F pittir:17323 %J Synlett %N 3 %P 433 - 436 %T Enantioselective -chlorination of aldehydes with recyclable fluorous (s)-pyrrolidine-thiourea bifunctional organocatalyst %U http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/17323/ %X A novel fluorous (S)-pyrrolidine-thiourea bifunctional organocatalyst is prepared. The catalyst shows good activity and enantioselectivity for direct -chlorination of aldehydes using N-chlorosuccinimide (NCS) as the chlorine source. It can be recovered from the reaction mixture by fluorous solid-phase extraction with excellent purity for direct reuse. © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York.