Enantioselective organocatalytic reactions of 4-hydroxycoumarin and 4-hydroxypyrone with α,β-unsaturated aldehydes -: An efficient Michael addition-acetalization cascade to chromenones, quinolinones and pyranones
An efficient, organocatalytic enantioselective addition-cyclization reaction of cyclic 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with different alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes has been developed. The diarylprolinol ether-catalyzed reaction cascade provides a variety of chromenones, quinolinones and pyranones in good yields and with excellent enantioselectivities.