Vijay Nair, G; Sreekumar, V; Manojkumar, P; Suresh, E
(American Chemical Society, 2006)
Nucleophilic heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed cyclopentannulation of enals and chalcones via homoenolate has been observed for the first time. Serendipitously, the reaction lead to a very efficient synthesis of 3,4-trans-d ...