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SUBMITTER: Yang KS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3968543 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20131017 43
Masked acyl cyanide (MAC) reagents are shown to be effective umpolung synthons for enantioselective Michael addition to substituted enones. The reactions are catalyzed by chiral squaramides and afford adducts in high yields (90-99%) and with excellent enantioselectivities (85-98%). The addition products are unmasked to produce dicyanohydrins that, upon treatment with a variety of nucleophiles, provide γ-keto acids, esters, and amides. The use of this umpolung synthon has enabled, in enantiomeric ...[more]