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SUBMITTER: Chen YH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4604445 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Yi-Hung YH McDonald Frank E FE
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20060401 14
Compounds 1 and 2 are novel synthons for bispropionate synthesis, undergoing stereospecific Lewis acid-catalyzed transfer of the bispropionate unit with a variety of aldehydes, including alpha-chiral aldehydes. Thus 1 leads to the E-alkene bispropionate 3 with anti-stereochemistry, whereas diastereomer 2 gives the Z-alkene product 4, under mild conditions and with complete stereospecificity. The efficacy of this methodology is demonstrated in a short synthesis of invictolide beginning with 2 and ...[more]