Chiral toluene-2,α-sultam auxiliaries: Asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions of N-enoyl derivatives

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)97793-1

Asymmetric, R_mAlCl_n mediated Diels-Alder reactions of 1,3-dienes to N-enoyl derivatives 4 and 9 of (R)-methyl-, (R,S)-t-butyl-, α,α-dimethylbenzyl-, benzyl and (S)-methyl-toluene-2,α-sultams 3 as well as to N-enoyl derivatives 15 of (R)-2,3-dihydro-3-methylisoindolinone 14 are described.