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SUBMITTER: Kiss E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5113799 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20161007 44
An approach to the intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction has led to a cascade synthesis of complex carbocycles composed of three fused rings and up to five stereocenters with complete stereocontrol. Computational analysis reveals that the reaction proceeds by a Michael/Michael/cyclopropanation/epimerization cascade in which size and coordination of the counterion is key. ...[more]