Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric 1,4-Addition of Aryltitanium Reagents Generating Chiral Titanium Enolates: Isolation as Silyl Enol Ethers

Abstract
The addition of aryltitanium triisopropoxide (ArTi(OPr-i )3) to α,β-unsaturated ketones proceeded with high enantioselectivity (94−99.8% ee) in the presence of 3 mol % of [Rh(OH)((S )-binap)]2 in THF at 20 °C to give high yields of the titanium enolates as 1,4-addition products. The titanium enolates were converted into silyl enol ethers by treatment with chlorotrimethylsilane and lithium isopropoxide.

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