I. Kadota et al., ASYMMETRIC DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS OF TMHD-ACRYLATE USING TICL4-CENTER-DOT(ARNHG)(M) COMPLEXED LEWIS-ACIDS, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (12), 1995, pp. 1271-1272
Diels-Alder reaction of (3R,5S)-5-benzoyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3-hep
tyl acrylate (TMHD-acrylate) 1 with cyclopentadiene in the presence of
TiCl4-(ArnHg)(m) complexed Lewis acids gives (1R,4R,6R)-2-norbomene-6
-carboxylate derivative 4 predominantly, whereas the reaction in the p
resence of TiCl4 alone affords its enantiomer 2 preferentially.