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SUBMITTER: Izquierdo J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3746556 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20130711 29
A dual activation strategy integrating N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysis and a second Lewis base has been developed. NHC-bound homoenolate equivalents derived from α,β-unsaturated aldehydes combine with transient reactive o-quinone methides in an enantioselective formal [4 + 3] fashion to access 2-benzoxopinones. The overall approach provides a general blueprint for the integration of carbene catalysis with additional Lewis base activation modes. ...[more]