Asymmetric Baylis–Hillman reactions: catalysis using a chiral pyrrolizidine base

Anthony G. M. Barrett, Andrew S. Cook, Akio Kamimura

Chemical Communications · 1998 · 128 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

A novel chiral pyrrolizidine base 5 derived from L-proline promotes the Baylis–Hillman reaction of ethyl and methyl vinyl ketones with electron deficient aromatic aldehydes with moderate levels of enantiomeric excess.

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