ChemInform Abstract: Role of Quaternary Ammonium Salts as New Additives in the Enantioselective Organocatalytic β‐Benzylation of Enals.

Abstract

Enantioselective Organocatalytic β-Benzylation of Enals. -The ammonium salt supports the formation and stabilization of the iminium intermediate and, additionally, activates the nucleophile as an enolate. -(DUCE, S.; MATEO, A.; ALONSO, I.; GARCIA RUANO*, J. L.; CID, M. B.; Chem. Commun. (Cambridge) 48 (2012) 42, 5184-5186, http://dx.