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SUBMITTER: Chong E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6472100 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20190313 15
We report the synthesis of enantiomerically enriched 1,4-benzodioxanes containing alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, and/or carbonyl substituents at the 2-position. The starting 1,4-benzodioxines were readily synthesized <i>via</i> ring closing metathesis using an efficient nitro-Grela catalyst at ppm levels. Excellent enantioselectivities of up to 99:1 er were obtained by using the versatile catalyst system [Ir(cod)Cl]<sub>2</sub>/BIDIME-dimer in the asymmetric hydrogenation of 2-substituted 1,4-benzodio ...[more]