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SUBMITTER: Diaz-Oviedo CD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8679094 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20211130 49
Despite their significant potential, catalytic asymmetric reactions of olefins with formaldehyde are rare and metal-free approaches have not been previously disclosed. Here we describe an enantioselective intermolecular Prins reaction of styrenes and paraformaldehyde to form 1,3-dioxanes, using confined imino-imidodiphosphate (<i>i</i>IDP) Brønsted acid catalysts. Isotope labeling experiments and computations suggest a concerted, highly asynchronous addition of an acid-activated formaldehyde oli ...[more]