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SUBMITTER: Yang B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5021203 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20160408 18
An efficient one-pot method for the enzyme- and ruthenium-catalyzed enantioselective transformation of α-allenic alcohols into 2,3-dihydrofurans has been developed. The method involves an enzymatic kinetic resolution and a subsequent ruthenium-catalyzed cycloisomerization, which provides 2,3-dihydrofurans with excellent enantioselectivity (up to >99 % ee). A ruthenium carbene species was proposed as a key intermediate in the cycloisomerization. ...[more]