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SUBMITTER: Jui NT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3041020 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20100701 29
A highly selective, radical-mediated (4 + 2) coupling reaction of aldehydes and conjugated olefins has been achieved through asymmetric SOMO-catalysis. A radical-polar crossover mechanism is proposed wherein olefin addition to a transient enamine radical cation and oxidation of the resulting radical furnishes a cation which is vulnerable to nucleophilic addition. A range of aromatic aldehydes are shown to couple with styrenes and dienes to provide cyclic products with high chemical efficiency, r ...[more]