ASYMMETRIC TANDEM ADDITIONS TO CHIRAL 2-NAPHTHYLOXAZOLINES. THE SYNTHESIS OF ENANTIOMERICALLY PURE 1,2,2-TRISUBSTITUTED-1,2-DIHYDRONAPHTHALENES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(84)80100-8

Addition of organolithium reagents to optically active 2-naphthyloxazolines followed by trapping with methyl iodide gives, after oxazoline removal, the titled compounds whose absolute configuration was determined by x-ray diffraction.