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SUBMITTER: Trost BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3271135 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20120118 4
A novel synthetic strategy toward the asymmetric synthesis of vicinal diols bearing a tertiary center is presented. The method encompasses the dinuclear Mg-catalyzed asymmetric addition of ethyl diazoacetate into several aldehydes, oxidation of the diazo functionality, and diastereoselective alkyl transfer of various organometallics into the resulting chiral β-hydroxy-α-ketoesters to afford a diverse range of 1,2-diols in high yield, diastereoselectivity, and chirality transfer. ...[more]