title: Diphenylprolinol methyl ether: a highly enantioselective catalyst for Michael addition of aldehydes to simple enones.
abstract: [reaction: see text] Diphenylprolinol methyl ether catalyzes intermolecular Michael addition of simple aldehydes to relatively nonactivated enones with the highest enantioselectivities reported to date (95-99% ee) and significantly lower catalyst loadings than have been typical in this arena.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Yonggui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: Samuel H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Gellman