Asymmetric pyrone Diels–Alder reactions enabled by dienamine catalysis

• DOI: 10.1039/c9sc05738b
• Publication Date: 2019-12-26T13:03:41Z
• Authors: Charles J. F. Cole; Lilia Fuentes; Scott A. Snyder
• Keywords: Chemistry; 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

A dienamine mediated asymmetric Diels–Alder reaction between an array of α,β-unsaturated enals and electron-deficient pyrones is presented along with further transformations of the obtained products and models for the observed stereoselectivity.