Abstract
Systematic study of the transition metal-catalyzed aldol reactions of certain prochiral ketones with methyl isocyanoacetate has been made. High diastereoselectivity (80-98% de) of these condensations, leading to methyl (4R*,5R*)-4,5-dihydro-5,5-(disubstituted)-4-oxazolecarboxylates was shown to be controlled by the nature of both catalyst and substituents on the starting ketone.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 7845-7848 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 43 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 21 1996 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgment. We thank the JSPS Foundation (Japan), Ministry of Education, Japan, for a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Uehara Memorial Foundation, International Science Foundation (U6M000, U6M200), INTAS (Network 93-799) for partial financial support of this work.