Huang Xian, Xie Meihua
Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Xi-xi Campus, Hangzhou 310028, P. R. China.
Org Lett. 2002 Apr 18;4(8):1331-4. doi: 10.1021/ol025628o.
A mixture of phenylselenomagnesium bromide, an acetylenic sulfone, and an aldehyde in THF/CH(2)Cl(2) afforded Michael-aldol tandem adduct, i.e., (Z)-beta-phenylseleno-alpha-(p-tolylsulfonyl)allylic alcohol, in good yield with high stereoselectivity. The stereoselectivity greatly depended on solvent. [reaction: see text]