title: Anthracene cycloadducts as highly selective chiral auxiliaries.
abstract: A new chiral auxiliary was designed and easily prepared from a Diels-Alder cycloadduct of an enantiomerically pure anthracene with maleimide. Excellent diastereoselectivities in Diels-Alder reactions, conjugate additions, and aldol reactions employing these auxiliaries are now reported.
authors.affiliation: Boston University, Department of Chemistry, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: John K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Snyder