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SUBMITTER: Salaverri N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9087350 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Organic letters 20220401 17
Herein, we report the enantioselective addition of remote alkyl radicals, generated from the ring opening of unstrained cycloalkanols by a proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) process, to 2-acyl imidazoles previously coordinated to a rhodium-based chiral Lewis acid. High yields and enantioselectivites up to 99% are achieved in 1 h. Mechanistic investigations support the formation of the remote alkyl radical by a PCET process, and theoretical studies explain the observed stereochemistry in the ...[more]