A efficient enantioselective [3+2] cycloaddition of methyleneindolinones with isomünchnones which generate by in situ intramolecular addition of carbonyl group to rhodium carbenes is realized with a chiral N,N’-dioxide/Zn(II) complex as...
An asymmetric [4+2] cycloaddition of 1-((2-aryl)vinyl)naphthalen-2-ols with in situ generated ortho-quinone methides enables the highly enantioselective synthesis of polysubstituted chromanes.