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SUBMITTER: Corbett MT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3921961 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20131112 1
Dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformations (DyKAT) of racemic β-bromo-α-keto esters by direct aldolization of nitromethane and acetone provide access to fully substituted α-glycolic acid derivatives bearing a β-stereocenter. The aldol adducts are obtained in excellent yield with high relative and absolute stereocontrol under mild reaction conditions. Mechanistic studies determined that the reactions proceed through a facile catalyst-mediated racemization of the β-bromo-α-keto esters under a DyKA ...[more]