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SUBMITTER: Trost BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3079541 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 20110301 13
We report a full account of our work towards the development of an eight-step synthesis of anti-influenza drug (-)-oseltamivir (Tamiflu) from commercially available starting materials. The final synthetic route proceeds with an overall yield of 30 %. Key transformations include a novel palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation reaction (Pd-AAA) as well as a rhodium-catalyzed chemo-, regio-, and stereoselective aziridination reaction. ...[more]