@article{9583ba3e47f54c809964e5ef76f1f9b4,
title = "Enantioselective Hetero-Diels-Alder reaction with glyoxylate catalyzed by chiral titanium complex: asymmetric synthesis of the lactone portion of mevinolin and compactin",
abstract = "Asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction with methyl glyoxylate catalyzed by the chiral titanium complex 1 provides the dihydropyran carboxylate in high enantiomeric purity, which can be converted to the lactone portion of mevinolin or compactin.",
author = "Masahiro Terada and Koichi Mikami and Takeshi Nakai",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgment: This research was partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan and the Asahi-Kasei Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan.",
year = "1991",
month = feb,
day = "11",
doi = "10.1016/S0040-4039(00)92124-5",
language = "English",
volume = "32",
pages = "935--938",
journal = "Tetrahedron Letters",
issn = "0040-4039",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "7",
}