Stereoselective diels-alder reactions of chiral anthracenes
Various chiral (9-anthryl)carbinol templates undergo Diels-Alder cycloadditions with a variety of symmetric and nonsymmetric dienophiles with excellent pi-facial selectivity and regioselectivity, under both thermal and Lewis acid catalyzed conditions.
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Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
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