A new method for the catalytic enantioselective Diels-Alder reaction using polysubstituted silyl enol ethers as dienes is described. High enantioselectivity (up to 92% ee) was produced using a catalyst generated from FeBr(3) and AgSbF(6) in a 1:2 ratio and aryl-pybox (aryl = Ph or p-ethoxyphenyl). This reaction should facilitate the enantioselective synthesis of polycyclic acylphloroglucinols such as hyperforin or garsubellin A, which are currently of interest from synthetic and medicinal points of view.
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Usuda et al. (2004) studied this question.