Efficient enantioselective hetero-diels-alder reaction of brassard's diene with aliphatic aldehydes: A one-step synthesis of (R)-(+)-kavain and (S)-(+)-dihydrokavain

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1311-1314

  Lin, Lili ^a   Chen, Zhenling ^a   Yang, Xu ^a   Liu, Xiaohua ^a   Feng, Xiaoming ^a,b  

^a Sichuan University   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; DIHYDROKAWAIN; KAWAIN; PYRONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; PYRONES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 45549086567     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol8002282     Document Type: Article

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