Yh. Kim et al., HIGHLY DIASTEREOSELECTIVE ADDITION OF ORGANOMETALLICS TO NOVEL CHIRALALPHA-KETOAMIDES OF (S)-2-METHOXYMETHYLINDOLINE, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 6(5), 1995, pp. 1025-1026
The stereocontrolled nucleophilic addition of organametallics to novel
chiral alpha-ketoamides which were synthesized from (S)-2-methoxymeth
ylindoline as a chiral auxiliary was carried out to obtain alpha-hydro
xyamides with extremely high diastereoselectivities ( up to dr greater
than or equal to 99:1).