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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Boyce GR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3265386 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Organic letters 20120111 2
The three-component coupling of Mg acetylides, silyl glyoxylates, and nitroalkenes results in a highly diastereoselective Kuwajima-Reich/vinylogous Michael cascade that provides tetrasubstituted silyloxyallene products. The regio- and diastereoselectivity were studied using DFT calculations. These silyloxyallenes were converted to cyclopentenols and cyclopentitols via a unique Lewis acid assisted Henry cyclization. The alkene functionality present in the cyclopentanol products can be elaborated ...[more]