K. Ohkata et al., HIGHLY ASYMMETRIC INDUCTION IN THE DIELS-ALDER REACTION OF 3-ALKOXYCARBONYL-SUBSTITUTED CHROMONE, Heterocycles, 38(7), 1994, pp. 1483-1486
The asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions of 3-alkoxycarbonyl-substituted c
hromones (1c) with 2,3-dimethyl- and 2-methyl-1,3-butadienes in the pr
esence of ZnCl2 at ambient temperature afforded the adducts (3c and 4b
) with high diastereofacial selectivity (>98%) in high yield.