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SUBMITTER: Maki SL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9360042 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Maki Samantha L SL Maity Pradip P Dougherty Shannon S Johns Jennifer J Lepore Salvatore D SD
Organic letters 20190916 19
Allenyl esters activated by titanium(IV) underwent additions to a wide range of aldehydes in high regio- and diastereoselectivities leading to products containing an all-carbon quaternary center bearing an α-vinyl group that was installed with high selectivity for the <i>Z</i>-geometry. An aldol product was also converted to an indanone offering a new route to this important compound class. Product triple diastereoselectivity has been rationalized using a concerted transition-state model. ...[more]