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SUBMITTER: Borths CJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4158731 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tetrahedron 20090801 33
LUMO-lowering organocatalysis has been extended to promote the conjugate addition of <i>S</i>-alkyl and -pyrrolyl silylketene acetals to α,β-unsaturated aldehydes, yielding both, <i>syn</i> and <i>anti</i> Mukaiyama-Michael products with high levels of enantioselectivity. This strategy allows for the generation of chemically useful 1,5-dicarbonyl systems and again highlights the utility of organocatalysis. ...[more]