The First Asymmetric Intramolecular Stetter Reaction
Dieter Enders*, Klaus Breuer and Jan Runsink
*Institut für Organische Chemie der Technischen Hochschule,
Landoltweg 1, D-52074 Aachen, Email: enders
rwth.aachen.de
D. Enders, K. Breuer, J. Runsink, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1996, 79, 1899-1902.

Abstract
The first enantioselective intramolecular catalytic Stetter reaction, which opens up a short and efficient pathway to enantiomerically enriched chroman-4-ones, is reported.

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Key Words
Stetter 1,4-Dicarbonyl Synthesis, O-Heterocycles, Organocatalysis
ID: J30-Y1996-020
