Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke W., Montreal, QC, H3A 0B8, Canada
Abstract
Terphenyl hydrazide catalysts simultaneously activate enals towards polyene cyclization and stabilize intermediates by cation–π interactions to provide trans-decalins in high enantioselectivity.
Funder
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Metals and Alloys,Surfaces, Coatings and Films,General Chemistry,Ceramics and Composites,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials,Catalysis