Miller Steven P, Morken James P
Department of Chemistry, Venable and Kenan Laboratories, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-3290, USA.
Org Lett. 2002 Aug 8;4(16):2743-5. doi: 10.1021/ol026273b.
[reaction: see text] A catalytic amount of (cod)RhCl and MeDuPhos initiates an ester enolate Claisen rearrangement with good yields and diastereocontrol. Reaction conditions are mild and tolerant of base-sensitive functionality.