Highly efficient photochemical addition of tertiary amines to electron deficient alkenes. Diastereoselective addition to (5R)-5-menthyloxy-2[5H]- furanone

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(99)00451-7

Tertiary amines derived from pyrrolidines can be added very efficiently (isolated yields up to 94%) to (5R)-5-mentyloxy-2[5H]-furanone. The addition, which follows a radical chain mechanism initiated by a photoinitiated electron transfer (PET) from the te