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  • Highly enantioselective Diels-Alder reactions of maleimides catalyzed by activated chiral oxazaborolidines.

Highly enantioselective Diels-Alder reactions of maleimides catalyzed by activated chiral oxazaborolidines.

Organic letters (2010-01-13)
Santanu Mukherjee, E J Corey
ABSTRACT

Diels-Alder reactions of various combinations of maleimides and 1,3-dienes with cationic oxazaborolidines as catalysts have been shown to be highly efficient and enantioselective.