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Chemistry Letters, Vol.37, No.11, 1180-1181, 2008
A DyI3-catalyzed Mannich-type Reaction of 1-Methylcyclopropanecarboxylate-type Donors for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Pyrrolidines with Quaternary Stereocenters
Stereoselective synthesis of functionalized pyrrolidines with all-carbon quaternary stereocenters is described. DYI3 catalyzed the ring opening of cyclopropanecarboxylate equivalents and promoted Mannich-type addition of the resulting alpha,alpha-disubstituted enolate intermediates to aryl and isomerizable alkyl imines, giving products in 86-58% yield and >96:4-84:16 diastereoselectivity.