Efficient catalytic enantioselective Nazarov cyclizations of divinyl ketoesters

Zhou Xu, Hai Ren, Lijia Wang*, Yong Tang

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

An efficient catalytic enantioselective Nazarov cyclization of divinyl ketoesters was developed using a chiral BOX/Cu(ii) complex, which provides facile access to a variety of optically active multi-substituted cyclopent-2-enone esters in 78-95% yields with 78-90% ee.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)811-814
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Chemistry Frontiers
Volume2
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2015
Externally publishedYes

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