Enantioselective [2+2+2] cycloaddition of ketenes and carbon disulfide catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbenes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Aug 7;47(29):8388-90. doi: 10.1039/c1cc12316e. Epub 2011 Jun 3.

Abstract

The chiral N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloaddition of ketenes and carbon disulfide was realized to give the cycloadduct of 1,3-oxathian-6-ones in good yields with excellent enantioselectivities.