1 Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of Education Ministry, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
The peroxy-asymmetric allylic alkylation of hydroperoxyalkanes with Morita-Baylis-Hillman carbonates was catalysed by modified cinchona alkaloids (up to 93% ee), from which chiral alpha-methylene-beta-hydroxy esters could be efficiently derived.