S. Flemming et al., NICKEL-CATALYZED 1,4-ADDITION OF ORGANOTITANIUM ATE COMPLEXES TO STERICALLY HINDERED ENONES, Tetrahedron letters, 35(33), 1994, pp. 6075-6078
The 1,4-addition of organotitanium ate complexes to enones by nickel c
atalysis is reported. With a methyltitanium ate complex good yields of
conjugate addition to sterically hindered enones are achieved. Phenyl
titanium ate complexes react with less sterically encumbered enones to
the 1,4-addition products in moderate to high yields.