ALDOL REACTION OF ALUMINIUM ENOLATE RESULTING FROM 1,4-ADDITION OF Me2AlSPh TO α,β-UNSATURATED CARBONYL COMPOUND. A 1-ACYLETHENYL ANION EQUIVALENT

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)85473-3

Me2AlSPh or Me2AlSeMe adds to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds in 1,4-fashion.The resulting aluminium enolates react with aldehydes effectively to afford the adducts of the title anion after formal PhSH (or MeSeH)-elimination