Synlett 2003(8): 1075-1087
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39879
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Development of New Asymmetric Reactions Utilizing Tartaric Acid Esters as Chiral Auxiliaries. The Design of an Efficient Chiral Multinucleating System

Yutaka Ukaji, Katsuhiko Inomata*
Department of Chemical Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192, Japan
Fax: +81(76)2645742; e-Mail: inomata@cacheibm.s.kanazawa-u.ac.jp;
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Publication History

Received 7 May 2003
Publication Date:
11 June 2003 (online)

Abstract

A practical method for the construction of chiral molecules has been designed using a novel strategy based on systems possessing multiple metal centers and tartaric acid esters as chiral auxiliaries. By using this design, we have developed methods for carrying out highly enantioselective (1) Simmons-Smith reaction, (2) 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of nitrile oxides and nitrones, and (3) nucleophilic additions of organometallic compounds to imine derivatives.