[reaction: see text] The first catalytic, asymmetric 2,3-trans-selective heteroDiels-Alderreaction has been developed. The reactions of aldehydes with Danishefsky'sdienes proceeded smoothly to afford the pyranone derivatives in high yields with high trans-selectivities and enantioselectivities in the presence of a chiral zirconium complex, which was prepared from zirconium tert-butoxide and (R)-3
AnN,N′-Dioxide/In(OTf)3 Catalyst for the Asymmetric Hetero-Diels–Alder Reaction Between Danishefsky's Dienes and Aldehydes: Application in the Total Synthesis of Triketide