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Synlett 1993; 1993(6): 421-422
DOI: 10.1055/s-1993-22479
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A New Strategy for Obtaining High Level of Diastereoselectivity in the Asymmetric Diels-Alder Reaction of Chiral Dienophiles

Keiji Maruoka* , Kei Shiohara, Masataka Oishi, Susumu Saito, Hisashi Yamamoto
  • *Department of Applied Chemistry, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-01, Japan
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19 March 2002 (online)

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The high level of diastereoselectivity has been achieved in the asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction of chiral dienophiles with cyclopentadiene by the aid of exceptionally bulky, Lewis acidic methylaluminum bis (4-substituted-2,6-di-tert-butylphenoxide) under mild conditions.