Highly diastereoselective Diels-Alder reactions of Baylis-Hillman adducts.
[reaction: see text] Baylis-Hillman adducts were found to be excellent dienophiles in Diels-Alder reactions, providing essentially complete diastereocontrol (although mixtures of endo/exo isomers) with all dienes.
Aggarwal
Varinder K
VK
School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, BS8 1TS Bristol, UK. v.aggarwal@bristol.ac.uk
Patin
Amaury
A
Tisserand
Steve
S