title: Chirality transfer during alkylation of chiral amides.
abstract: Chiral amides derived from O-methyl mandelic acid and achiral amines underwent enantioselective alpha-methylation on treatment with LTMP followed by addition of methyl iodide; chirality transfer from an undeprotonated chiral amide into an achiral enolate in a mixed aggregate is supposed to be responsible for the asymmetric induction.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto-61-0011, Japan. kawabata@scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takeo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawabata
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Oztürk
authors.forename: Jianyong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fuji