The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2003 · 42 citations · 5 references
Natural SciencesChemistryMedicinal ChemistryOrganic ChemistryHeterocycle SynthesisHeterocyclic ChemistryMacrocycle SynthesisOrganic SynthesisStereochemical OptimizationAsymmetric Heterocycle SynthesisChiral Auxiliary DesignSelectivity
A theoretical investigation of the facial selectivity of optically active oxazolidin-2-one-substituted dienes has been realized. This analysis enabled the development of (R)-4-phenyloxazolidin-2-thione as a very effective chiral auxiliary for cycloaddition of 1-aminodiene.
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Asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction catalyzed by chiral bases
Olivier Riant, Henri B. Kagan · Tetrahedron Letters · 1989 · 78 citations