Stereochemistry of highly selective transition metal or Lewis acid-catalyzed asymmetric reactions

Abstract

Recent progress of our studies on catalytic asymmetric synthesis is reviewed focused on transition metal-catalyzed intramolecular asymmetric reactions using chiral organo-sulfur groups as main chiral auxiliaries such as asymmetric vinyl-cyclopropane-cyclopentene rearrangements and intramolecular asymmetric metallo-ene reactions, Lewis acid-catalyzed intramolecular asymmetric ene reactions with chiral sulfinyl groups, and palladium-catalyzed intramolecular asymmetric allylations via chiral enamines.