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SUBMITTER: Troster A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4929526 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20160616 25
In the presence of a chiral thioxanthone catalyst (10 mol %) the title compounds underwent a clean intermolecular [2 + 2] photocycloaddition with electron-deficient olefins at λ = 419 nm. The reactions not only proceeded with excellent regio- and diastereoselectivity but also delivered the respective cyclobutane products with significant enantiomeric excess (up to 95% ee). Key to the success of the reactions is a two-point hydrogen bonding between quinolone and catalyst enabling efficient energy ...[more]