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Amide nucleophiles on demand: Rationally designed pyrazoleamides function as Michael donors in urea-catalyzed asymmetric Michael reactions with excellent chemical and optical yields (see scheme). The pyrazoleamide group performs as an ester equivalent, a directing group, an activating group, and functions as a good leaving group in further transformations of the product.
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