Abstract: Chiral a,@-unsaturated N-acyloxazolidinones are highly reactive and highly diastereoselective dienophiles in Diels-Alder reactions promoted by dialkylaluminum chlorides. A cationic Lewis acid-dienophile complex is proposed to account for the observed exceptional reactivity and endo/exo selectivities. Acrylate and (E)-crotonate carboximides bearing phenylalaninol-derived oxazolidinones undergo rapid and selective ...
[Graham, James M.; Shireman, Brock T.; Maddux, Todd M.; Brandstedt, Christina M.; Zeller, Wayne E. Synthetic Communications, 2000 , vol. 30, # 7 p. 1221 - 1226]