An unprecedented enantioselective Michael addition of various ketones to maleimides catalyzed by a simple bifunctional primary amine, monosulfonyl DPEN salt, is reported and provides the desired adducts in good to excellent yields (up to 99%) with excellent enantioselectivities (up to 99%).
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Yu et al. (2010) studied this question.