Michael Winter, Kirill Faust, Markus Himmelsbach and Mario Waser
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019,17, 5731-5735
DOI:
10.1039/C9OB01134J,
Paper
We herein report the first formal (3 + 2)-cyclisation between 3,3,3-trifluoropyruvate-derived imines and indandione-based Michael acceptors. This reaction gives access to a novel class of spirocyclic α-CF3-α-proline derivatives with complete control of the diastereoselectivity under phase transfer-catalysed reaction conditions.