Highly Diastereoselective Conjugate Addition of Aryllithium to Chiral β-Nitrostyrene Derivative: An Application to the Asymmetric Synthesis of 4-Aryl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline
Highlydiastereoselectiveconjugateaddition of aryllithium to β-nitrostyrene derivative, having chiral acetal moiety derived from (S,S)-1,2-bis(1-hydroxypropyl)benzene, was achieved. The adduct wa...