Carbanion-Accelerated Claisen Rearrangements: Asymmetric Induction with Chiral Phosphorus-Stabilized Anions

SE Denmark, JE Marlin, G Rajendra

Index: Mulzer, Michael; Coates, Geoffrey W. Organic Letters, 2011 , vol. 13, # 6 p. 1426 - 1428

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Abstract

... The application of chiral phosphorus reagents in organic synthesis is not very common, apart from the ubiquitous use of chiral phosphines as ... Compounds 1a–c were prepared by simple Michael addition to methyl acrylate followed by acetylation with trifluoroacetic anhydride. ...