Abstract
Zinc enolates of phenyl- and trans-styryl-acetic acid methyl ester react with excellent diastereoselectivety and good enantioselectivety (e.e. 64 to 91.5%) with imines in high yields to trans-2-azetidinones. The corresponding lithium enolates reacted with much lower selectivity and yields.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 497-498 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas |
| Volume | 111 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 1992 |