Catalytic Enantioselective Diels-Alder Reaction via a Chiral Indium(III) Complex
Yong-Chua Teo and Teck-Peng Loh*
*Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore 637616, Email: teckpeng
ntu.edu.sg
Y.-Chua Teo, T.-P. Loh, Org. Lett., 2005, 7, 2539-2541.
DOI: 10.1021/ol050518d
Abstract
The Diels-Alder cycloaddition of a variety of cyclic and open-chained dienes to 2-methacrolein and 2-bromoacrolein resulted in good yields and excellent enantioselectivities by using a chiral indium complex.
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Key Words
Diels-Alder reaction, Cyclohexenes
ID: J54-Y2005-690
