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Synthesis of 4(S)-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-3,4-dihydro-1(2H)-naphthalenone by SN2 cuprate displacement of an activated chiral benzylic alcohol
Quallich,Woodall
, p. 10239 - 10248 (1992)
Two routes for the preparation of 4(S)-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-3,4-dihydro-1(2H)-naphthalenone are reported. The most efficient route generates a chiral benzylic alcohol by catalytic asymmetric oxazaborolidine reduction of a γ-ketoester that is subsequently activated and displaced in an SN2 manner with a higher order cuprate. Intramolecular Friedel-Crafts cyclization of the resulting t-butylester affords the title compound.
