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SUBMITTER: Lou S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2440570 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20080507 22
Chiral biphenols catalyze the enantioselective Petasis reaction of alkenyl boronates, secondary amines, and ethyl glyoxylate. The reaction requires the use of 15 mol % of (S)-VAPOL as the catalyst, alkenyl boronates as nucleophiles, ethyl glyoxylate as the aldehyde component, and 3 A molecular sieves as an additive. The chiral alpha-amino ester products are obtained in good yields (71-92%) and high enantiomeric ratios (89:11-98:2). Mechanistic investigations indicate single ligand exchange of ac ...[more]