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SUBMITTER: Mimura S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7136546 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mimura Shohei S Mizushima Sho S Shimizu Yohei Y Sawamura Masaya M
Beilstein journal of organic chemistry 20200331
A chiral phenol-NHC ligand enabled the copper-catalyzed enantioselective conjugate reduction of α,β-unsaturated esters. The phenol moiety of the chiral NHC ligand played a critical role in producing the enantiomerically enriched products. The catalyst worked well for various (<i>Z</i>)-isomer substrates. Opposite enantiomers were obtained from (<i>Z</i>)- and (<i>E</i>)-isomers, with a higher enantiomeric excess from the (<i>Z</i>)-isomer. ...[more]