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SUBMITTER: Stockhammer L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7821243 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
European journal of organic chemistry 20200925 1
We herein report an unprecedented strategy for the asymmetric α-chlorination of β-keto esters with hypervalent iodine-based Cl-transfer reagents using simple Cinchona alkaloid catalysts. Our investigations support an α-chlorination mechanism where the Cinchona species serves as a nucleophilic catalyst by reacting with the chlorinating agent to generate a chiral electrophilic Cl-transfer reagent in situ. Using at least 20 mol-% of the alkaloid catalyst allows for good yields and enantioselectivit ...[more]