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SUBMITTER: Wilson CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5767764 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20171128 51
The coupling of ortho- and para-phenols with secondary and tertiary boronic esters has been explored. In the case of para-substituted phenols, after reaction of a dilithio phenolate species with a boronic ester, treatment with Ph<sub>3</sub> BiF<sub>2</sub> or Martin's sulfurane gave the coupled product with complete enantiospecificity. The methodology was applied to the synthesis of the broad spectrum antibacterial natural product (-)-4-(1,5-dimethylhex-4-enyl)-2-methyl phenol. For ortho-substi ...[more]