1-phenyl-1,2-cyclohexadiene: Astoundingly high enantioselectivities on generation in a doering-moore-skattebel reaction and interception by activated olefins

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/chem.200900718

The resolution of (1α,5α,6α)-6-bromo-6-fluoro-l- phenylbicyclo[3.1.0]hexane (rac-5) provided the enantiomerically pure precursors (-)-5 and (+)-5 of 1-phenyl-1,2-cyclohexadiene. On treatment of (-)-5 with methyllithium in the presence of 2,5-dimethylfuran