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Stereochemical control of the Passerini reaction.

Organic letters (2004-11-05)
Peter R Andreana, Chang C Liu, Stuart L Schreiber
ABSTRACT

A catalytic asymmetric Passerini reaction using tridentate indan (pybox) Cu(II) Lewis acid complex 4 with substrates capable of bidentate coordination has been achieved. The reaction occurs via ligand-accelerated catalysis.