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SUBMITTER: Fuchs M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3883096 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Advanced synthesis & catalysis 20130829 13
Asymmetric allylation of (hetero)aromatic aldehydes by a zinc(II)-allylbutyrolactone species catalyzed by a chiral BINOL-type phosphoric acid gave β-substituted α-methylenebutyrolactones in 68 to >99% <i>ee</i> and 52-91% isolated yield. DFT studies on the intermediate Zn<sup>2+</sup>-complex - crucial for chiral induction - suggest a six-membered ring intermediate, which allows the phosphoric acid moiety to activate the aldehyde. The methodology was applied to the synthesis of the antitumour na ...[more]