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SUBMITTER: Mai DN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3107030 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Organic letters 20110510 11
A concise asymmetric synthesis of (+)-aphanorphine has been achieved via a new enantioconvergent strategy. A racemic γ-aminoalkene derivative is transformed into a 1:1 mixture of enantiomerically enriched diastereomers using an asymmetric Pd-catalyzed carboamination. This mixture is then converted to an enantiomerically enriched protected aphanorphine derivative by a Friedel-Crafts reaction, which generates a quaternary all-carbon stereocenter. The natural product is obtained in three additional ...[more]