On the highly stereoselective addition of lithio-acetylides to α-hydroxy-ketones
Addition of 2 equiv of a lithio-acetylide to an unprotected α-hydroxy ketone is extremely stereoselective in examples where the two ketone substituents are relatively large.
Dunford, Damian,Guyader, Mathilde,Jones, Simon,Knight, David W.,Hursthouse, Michael B.,Coles, Simon J.