title: Direct assembly of aldehydes, amino esters, and anilines into chiral imidazolidines via Brønsted acid catalyzed asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions.
abstract: A chiral Brønsted acid catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction directly assembles aldehydes, amino esters, and anilines into synthetically useful chiral imidazolidines with high levels of stereoselectivity (up to 91/9 dr and 98% ee).
authors.affiliation: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
authors.forename: Wei-Jun
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiao-Hua
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Liu-Zhu
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Gong