Organocatalytic Ring Construction: The Corey Synthesis of Coraxeniolide A
Armando Córdova of Stockholm University has found (Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 4209. DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.04.162)that the organocatalyst 3a effected enantioselective conjugate addition of bromonitromethane 2 to the α,β-unsaturated aldehyde 1, to…