Lewis Base Assisted Brønsted Base Catalysis: Bidentate Phosphine Oxides as Activators and Modulators of Brønsted Basic Lanthanum–Aryloxides

Dynamic Duo: A Lewis basic bidentate phosphine oxide was effective for activating and modulating the properties of Brønsted basic lanthanum aryl oxides. The Lewis base 1/lanthanum aryl oxide system was suitable for anti-selective Mannich-type reactions of trichloromethyl ketones (see scheme), affording unique building blocks for azetidine-2-carboxylic acids as well as β-amino acids. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.