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SUBMITTER: Lanke V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6979362 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20190827 41
We herein disclose a diastereoselective ring opening of non-donor-acceptor cyclopropanes <i>via</i> an intramolecular Friedel-Crafts alkylation <i>en route</i> to functionalized dihydronaphthalene scaffolds possessing quaternary carbon stereocentres. The transformation proceeds through a selective bond breaking at the most alkylated carbon centre with a pure retention of configuration. Mechanistic investigations and computational studies revealed that alkoxy functionality is the key for selectiv ...[more]