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SUBMITTER: Liang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6696116 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20190730 15
The organo-catalyzed enantioselective benzylation reaction of α-trifluoromethoxy indanones afforded α-benzyl-α-trifluoromethoxy indanones with a tetrasubstituted stereogenic carbon center in excellent yield with moderate enantioselectivity (up to 57% ee). Cinchona alkaloid-based chiral phase transfer catalysts were found to be effective for this transformation, and both enantiomers of α-benzyl-α-trifluoromethoxy indanones were accessed, depended on the use of cinchonidine and cinchonine-derived ...[more]