2000 Volume 48 Issue 10 Pages 1536-1540
Asymmetric spirocyclization based on intramolecular conjugate addition using a combination of a Lewis acid and an optically active cyclohexane-1, 2-diol has been studied in connection with 1) the effect of substituents on the cyclohexane-1, 2-diol and 2) the effect of substituents on the substrate. This reaction was found to be both thermodynamically and kinetically controlled under restricted conditions.