Bejjani Joseph, Chemla Fabrice, Audouin Max
Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, UMR 7611, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Tour 44 - 45 2ème étage, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.
J Org Chem. 2003 Dec 12;68(25):9747-52. doi: 10.1021/jo034976g.
N-Tritylprolinal (prepared in four steps from l-proline) shows a very high Felkin diastereoselectivity in its reaction with various nucleophiles, leading to a straightforward and highly stereoselective access to syn-proline-derived amino alcohols.