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SUBMITTER: Cohen DT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3489928 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cohen Daniel T DT Eichman Chad C CC Phillips Eric M EM Zarefsky Emily R ER Scheidt Karl A KA
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20120614 29
New DKR type: An N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed dynamic kinetic resolution of racemic α-substituted β-keto esters has been developed. This method relies on the epimerization of an NHC-enol intermediate before subsequent aldol/acylation events. Highly substituted β-lactones are produced in good yield with good to excellent selectivities (see scheme). ...[more]