title: Highly enantioselective dimerization of alpha,beta-enones catalyzed by a rigid quaternary ammonium salt.
abstract: [reaction: see text] The chiral quaternary ammonium salt 1 served as a phase-transfer catalyst for the enantioselective dimerization of alpha,beta-enones, providing a route for the asymmetric syntheses of chiral 1,5-dicarbonyl compounds and alpha-alkylated gamma-keto acids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
authors.forename: Fu-Yao
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Corey