ESTER DERIVED TITANIUM ENOLATE ALDOL REACTION: HIGHLY DIASTEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF SYN- AND ANTI-ALDOLS

Tetrahedron Lett. 1997 Oct 13;38(41):7171-7174. doi: 10.1016/S0040-4039(97)01765-6.

Abstract

Aldol reactions of bidentate aldehydes and cis-1-arylsulfonamido-2-indanyl ester derived titanium enolates proceed with excellent syn-diastereoselectivities and good to excellent isolated yields.