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SUBMITTER: Fang C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3528805 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Organic letters 20121130 24
The enantioselective iodolactonizations of a series of diversely substituted olefinic carboxylic acids are promoted by a BINOL-derived, bifunctional catalyst. Reactions involving 5-alkyl- and 5-aryl-4(Z)-pentenoic acids and 6-alkyl- and 6-aryl-5(Z)-hexenoic acids provide the corresponding γ- and δ-lactones having stereogenic C-I bonds in excellent yields and >97:3 er. Significantly, this represents the first organocatalyst that promotes both bromo- and iodolactonization with high enantioselectiv ...[more]