Phosphine-Catalyzed Enantioselective [4 + 2] Cycloaddition-Semipinacol-Type-Rearrangement Reaction of Morita-Baylis-Hillman Carbonates.
Yuan ZhongXiaoyun ZhaoLu GanSihua HongXianxing JiangPublished in: Organic letters (2018)
The chiral phosphine-triggered electrophilic ylide intermediate for a Morita-Baylis-Hillman carbonates activation strategy provides a promising method for the design of organocatalytic intermolecular higher-order annulation processes.