HIGHLY EFFICIENT PREPARATION OF OPTICALLY-ACTIVE 5-HYDROXY-3-OXOESTERS BY ENANTIOSELECTIVE REACTION OF DIKETENE WITH ALDEHYDES PROMOTED BY NOVEL CHIRAL SCHIFF BASE-TITANIUM ALKOXIDE COMPLEXES
M. Hayashi et al., HIGHLY EFFICIENT PREPARATION OF OPTICALLY-ACTIVE 5-HYDROXY-3-OXOESTERS BY ENANTIOSELECTIVE REACTION OF DIKETENE WITH ALDEHYDES PROMOTED BY NOVEL CHIRAL SCHIFF BASE-TITANIUM ALKOXIDE COMPLEXES, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 6(8), 1995, pp. 1833-1836
Optically active 5-hydroxy-3-oxoesters 1 can be obtained in up to 91%
enantiomeric excess (e.e.) by the enantioselective reaction of diketen
e with aldehydes promoted by novel chiral Schiff base-titanium alkoxid
e complexes.