[reaction: see text] Kinetic resolution of racemic alpha,beta-unsaturated lactones by the organolithium species produced from asymmetric lithiation of N-Boc-N-(p-methoxyphenyl)cinnamylamine provides conjugate addition products with three contiguous stereogenic centers in yields of 62-77% with diastereomeric ratios from 75:25 to >99:1 and enantiomeric ratios for the major diastereomers from 94:6 to 98:2.
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