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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Li J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9053876 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
RSC advances 20200519 32
Herein, facile and enantioselective approaches to synthesize the core phthalide tetrahydroisoquinoline scaffold of (-)-β-hydrastine <i>via</i> both a CF<sub>3</sub>COOH-catalyzed (86% ee) and KHMDS-catalyzed (78% ee) epoxide ring-opening/transesterification cascade cyclization from chiral epoxide under very mild conditions are described. The key elements include a highly enantioselective epoxidation using the Shi ketone catalyst and an intramolecular CF<sub>3</sub>COOH-catalyzed cascade cyclizat ...[more]