Addition of Aromatic Thiols to Conjugated Cycloalkenones, Catalyzed by Chiral β-Hydroxy Amines. A Mechanistic Study on Homogeneous Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00392a029

Reactions between aromatic thiols and conjugated cycloalkenones afford optically active 3-arylthiocycloalkanones, when chiral bases are used as catalysts.This paper reports a detailed investigation into the mechanism of this catalytic asymmetric synthesis