F. Cavelier et al., A FIRST APPROACH TO ASYMMETRIC PROTONATION VIA A POLYMER-SUPPORTED CHIRAL PROTON DONOR, Tetrahedron letters, 35(18), 1994, pp. 2891-2894
Asymmetric protonation of achiral silyl enol ethers employing chiral p
roton donors is described for the first time. We have obtained modest
enantiomeric excesses by carrying out these reactions in homogeneous s
olution. The subject of this paper is to report in a preliminary fashi
on the substantially improved asymmetric induction that can be achieve
d by supporting the proton donor on a polymeric resin (up to 94% ee).
A temperature effect is observed and discussed.