Asymmetric synthesis is one of the most important challenges facing sy
nthetic organic chemists. Most methods used for the preparation of ena
ntiomerically enriched chiral organic molecules involve stereocontroll
ed formation of the new stereogenic centre. An alternative is to effec
t a resolution of a stereochemical mixture of isomers; however this is
generally limited to 50% yield. Dynamic resolution can avoid this fun
damental limitation and can be a successful method for producing >50%
yield of stereochemically pure material. The success of this approach
relies on induced substrate lability and product stability under the r
eaction conditions.