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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Shiomi S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7020653 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20190927 41
A practical enantioselective total synthesis of the unnatural (+)-quinine and (-)-9-<i>epi</i>-quinine enantiomers, which are important organocatalysts, is reported. The key transformation is a successive organocatalytic formal aza [3 + 3] cycloaddition/Strecker-type cyanation reaction to form an optically active tetrasubstituted piperidine derivative. This organocatalytic reaction proceeded in high yield and gave excellent enantiomeric excess with only 0.5 mol% catalyst loading. In addition, an ...[more]