Stereoselective synthesis of alpha-alkyl-beta-keto imides via asymmetric redox C-C bond formation between alpha-alkyl-alpha-diazocarbonyl compounds and aldehydes.
Asymmetric redox C-C bond formation between alpha-alkyl-alpha-diazocarbonyl compounds and aldehydes was developed as a practical and general method for the construction of alpha-alkyl-beta-keto imides having a chiral nonracemic tertiary stereogenic center.