Tp. Loh et al., CHIRAL TARTRATE-DERIVED DIOXABOROLIDINE - A SIMPLE AND PRACTICAL CATALYST FOR ENANTIOSELECTIVE DIELS-ALDER REACTION, Tetrahedron letters, 37(17), 1996, pp. 2989-2992
The (L)-tartrate derived catalyst 1, has been used to effect enantiose
lective Diels-Alder reactions of bromoacrolein and cyclopentadiene. Th
e reaction gives the product in good yield (96%), high diastereofacial
selectivity (exo/endo 96:4) and moderate enantioselectivty (70%ee). (
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