A new chiral C1-symmetric NHC-catalyzed addition to α-aryl substituted α, β-disubstituted enals: enantioselective synthesis of fully functionalized dihydropyranones1. Issue 21 (14th March 2015) - Lu, Hong
Abstract A new C1-symmetric biarylsaturated imidazolium exhibits a superior ability to enable previously unavailable transformation, and the corresponding fully functionalized dihydropyranones are efficiently synthesized.