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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Vishe M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5664367 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20150525 8
The thermodynamically disfavored isomerization of α,β-unsaturated esters to deconjugated β,γ-unsaturated analogues occurs readily when coupled to an amidation. Within the framework of macrocyclic derivatives, it is shown that 15, 16, and 18 membered macrocycles react with <i>t</i>BuOK and anilines to generate, in one-pot, β,γ-unsaturated amides (yields up to 88%). Importantly, single (chiral) diastereomers are isolated (d.r. > 49 : 1, <sup>1</sup>H NMR) irrespective of the size and nature of the ...[more]