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SUBMITTER: Conrad JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2758563 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20090801 33
The intramolecular alpha-arylation of aldehydes has been accomplished using singly occupied molecular orbital (SOMO) catalysis. Selective oxidation of chiral enamines (formed by the condensation of an aldehyde and a secondary amine catalyst) leads to the formation of a 3pi-electron radical species. These chiral SOMO-activated radical cations undergo enantioselective reaction with an array of pendent electron-rich aromatics and heterocycles thus efficiently providing cyclic alpha-aryl aldehyde pr ...[more]