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SUBMITTER: Denmark SE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3238797 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Denmark Scott E SE Burk Matthew T MT
Organic letters 20111206 1
A binary catalyst system for the enantioselective bromocycloetherification of 5-arylpentenols is described. The combination of an achiral Lewis base and a chiral Brønsted acid affords good enantioselectivities for the cyclization of Z configured 5-arylpentenols to form bromomethyltetrahydrofurans. The constitutional site selectivity is highly dependent upon the aromatic substituent and the configuration of the double bond. ...[more]