ChemInform Abstract: A Strategy Enabling Enantioselective Direct Conjugate Addition of Inert Aryl Methane Nucleophiles to Enals with a Chiral Amine Catalyst under Mild Conditions.

An organocatalytic enantioselective conjugate addition of aryl methyl nucleophiles to a wide range of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes is developed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]