ACS Catalysis
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In summary, the novel silver-Xing-Phos is an effective catalyst
system for the catalytic asymmetric cycloaddition of glycine
aldimino esters with chalcones or less-reactive methyl
cinnamates to give the corresponding chalcone- or cinna-
mate-derived pyrrolidines with multiple stereogenic centers in
good yields and high diastereoselectivities (up to >98:2 dr) as
well as excellent enantioselectivities (up to 99:1 er).
Remarkably, we reported the first example of highly
enantioselective and exo-selective silver-catalyzed [3 + 2]
cycloaddition of methyl cinnamates or chalcones with glycine
aldimino esters.
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
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This project was supported by the National Natural Science
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