On the stereochemical divergence in the conjugate addition of lithium dimethylcuprate/trimethylsilyl chloride to γ-alkoxy and γ-ureido α,β-unsaturated esters

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-1991-28396

A comparative study was made of the reaction of chiral nonracemic γ-alkoxy and γ-ureido-α,β-unsaturated esters with lithium dimethylcuprate in the presence of trimethylsilyl chloride. The possible origins of the anti- and syn-additions respectively are di