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SUBMITTER: Lathrop SP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2785226 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20090901 38
A one-pot, asymmetric multicatalytic formal [3+2] reaction between 1,3-dicarbonyls and alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes is described. The multicatalytic process involves a secondary amine catalyzed Michael addition followed by a N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed intramolecular crossed benzoin reaction to afford densely functionalized cyclopentanones with high enantioselectivities. The reaction proceeds with a variety of alkyl and aryl enals as well as a range of 1,3-dicarbonyls (diketones and bet ...[more]