| Literature DB >> 29232022 |
Tim Gatzenmeier1, Philip S J Kaib1, Julia B Lingnau1, Richard Goddard1, Benjamin List1.
Abstract
α,β-Unsaturated esters are readily available but challenging substrates to activate in asymmetric catalysis. We now describe an efficient, general, and highly enantioselective Mukaiyama-Michael reaction of silyl ketene acetals with α,β-unsaturated methyl esters that is catalyzed by a silylium imidodiphosphorimidate (IDPi) Lewis acid.Entities:
Keywords: Brønsted acids; Mukaiyama-Michael reaction; cinnamates; organocatalysis; silyl ketene acetals
Year: 2018 PMID: 29232022 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201712088
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336