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SUBMITTER: Krabbe SW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4411184 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Krabbe Scott W SW Johnson Jeffrey S JS
Organic letters 20150220 5
The asymmetric total syntheses of the α-benzylidene-γ-butyrolactone natural products megacerotonic acid and shimobashiric acid A have been accomplished in nine and 11 steps, respectively, from simple, commercially available starting materials. The key step for each synthesis is the (arene)RuCl(monosulfonamide)-catalyzed dynamic kinetic resolution-asymmetric transfer hydrogenation (DKR-ATH) of racemic α,δ-diketo-β-aryl esters to establish the absolute stereochemistry. Intramolecular diastereosele ...[more]