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SUBMITTER: Sandvoß A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9159106 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20220504 21
Identification of an electron poor trifluoroacetophenone allows the formation of uniquely stable hemiketals from prochiral oxetanols. When exposed to a cobalt(ii) catalyst, efficient ring-opening to densely functionalized dioxolanes is observed. Mechanistic studies suggest an unprecedented redox process between the cobalt(ii) catalyst and the hemiketal that initiates the oxetane-opening. Based on this observation, a dynamic kinetic resolution of the transient hemiketals is explored that uses a K ...[more]