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SUBMITTER: Li J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6905390 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS catalysis 20191001 11
The site-selective acylation of a steroidal natural product 19-hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone catalyzed by 1,1'-Bi(2-napthol)-derived (BINOL) chiral phosphoric acids (CPA's) is described. Systematic variation and multivariate linear regression analysis reveal that the same steric parameters typically needed for high enantioselectivity with this class of CPAs are also required for site-selectivity in this case. Density functional theory calculations identify additional weak CH-π interactions as co ...[more]