1 State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Linglin Lu, Shanghai 200032, PR China.
Camphor-derived chiral triazolium salts have been found to be highly efficient for asymmetric intramolecular Michael reactions. With 1-5 mol% of the catalyst, the desired products were obtained in excellent yields, with up to 99% ee.