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diastereomers. Finally, the crude 3ka was converted into
(À)-10 by decarboxylation followed by deamidation with
92% ee. This synthesis is apparently more efficient than the
previous one, because of high overall yield (27%), short
reaction steps (5 steps), and only one isolated intermediate
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of (À)-porosadienone by using the amide moiety as a leaving
group.
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by ACT-C from JST and MEXT
KAKENHI Grant Number JP 25105714. K.M. thanks JSPS
research fellowship for young scientists. We thank Takasago
for the gift of segphos and H8-binap, and Umicore for
generous support in supplying the rhodium complex.
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Keywords: asymmetric catalysis · cycloadditions · enamides ·
reaction mechanisms · rhodium
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