ALLYLIC STEREOCENTER DIRECTED ASYMMETRIC CONJUGATE ADDITION OF CUPRATES IN THE PRESENCE OF TRIMETHYLCHLOROSILANE. ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF 2-ALKYL-4-BENZYLOXYBUTANAL AND 2-ALKYL-4-OXOPENTANAL.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)81451-4

Cuprate reagents in the presence of trimethylchlorosilane add with excellent Π-face selectivity and yield to α,β-unsaturated ketone and aldehyde bearing in γ-position a masked aldehyde represented by the C-2 of a norephedrine-derived oxazolidine.The title