title: Diels-Alder cycloaddition strategy for kinetic resolution of chiral pyrazolidinones.
abstract: A rare example of the application of a catalytic, enantioselective Diels-Alder cycloaddition to affect a kinetic resolution has been developed. Chiral pyrazolidinones are resolved with high selectivity through a process that utilizes a relay of stereochemical information from a permanent chiral center to a fluxional chiral center to enhance the inherent selectivity of the chiral Lewis acid catalyst.
authors: Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, North Dakota State University, NDSU Department 2735, P.O. Box 6050, Fargo, North Dakota 58108-6050, USA. mukund.sibi@ndsu.edu
authors: Mukund P
authors: MP
authors: Sibi
authors: Keisuke
authors: K
authors: Kawashima
authors: Levi M
authors: LM
authors: Stanley