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A Valine-Derived Lithiated 3-Methylthiomethyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one for Enantioselective Nucleophilic Hydroxymethylation, Formylation, and Alkoxycarbonylation of Aldehydes
Gaul, Christoph,Seebach, Dieter
, p. 1501 - 1504 (2000)
(Equation Presented) The 3-methylthiomethyl-4-isopropyl-5,5-diphenyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one (I, prepared in three steps from Boc-valine ester) is lithiated and added to aldehydes, with protecting in situ trapping of the primary adducts, to give the N,S-acet
