ChemInform Abstract: Efficient Synthesis of Chiral Trisubstituted 1,2-Allenyl Ketones by Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Malonic Esters to Enynes.
The conjugate addition of malonic esters to enynes in the presence of a scandium(III)/N,N-dioxide complex yields a range of trisubstituted allenyl ketones with good diastereomeric ratios and excellent e.e.-values.