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• 495-71-6 phenacylacetophenone 

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• 929721-34-6 (2R,5R)-2,5-diphenylcyclopentane-1,1-dicarboxylic acid diethyl ester 
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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Enantioselective Synthesis of C2-Symmetric Diols

Catalytic reduction of diketones with erythro diphenyl oxazaborolidine yielded C2-symmetric diols in high enantiomeric excess.Enantiomeric excess increased and less meso isomer was generated when borane was employed equimolar with repect to the carbonyl groups and when stoichiometric oxazaborolidine was used.

Asymmetric hydrogenation of 1,4-diketones: facile synthesis of enantiopure 1,4-diarylbutane-1,4-diols

Owing to the biological significance and great synthetic value of 1,4-diarylbutane-1,4-diols and their derivatives, increasingly considerable attention has been paid to developing effective synthetic methods for chiral 1,4-diarylbutane-1,4-diols. We herei

A general, enantioselective synthesis of 2-substituted thiomorpholines and thiomorpholine 1,1-dioxides

In the course of our drug discovery programs, we had need to access chiral, 2-substituted thiomorpholines and their oxidized congeners, thiomorpholine 1,1-dioxides. Here, we disclose a high-yielding, general protocol for the enantioselective synthesis of

Synthesis and characterization of new chiral palladium β-diimine complexes

The synthesis and characterization of a range of chiral β-diimine ligands and their complexes with palladium(II) has been investigated. The introduction of chirality can be easily achieved through a combination of both achiral and chiral building blocks.

Convenient Procedures for the Asymmetric Reduction of 1,4-Diphenylbutane-1, 4-dione and Synthesis of 2,5-Diphenylpyrrolidine Derivatives

Asymmetric reduction of 1,4-diphenylbutane-1,4-dione (1) was carried out using the reducing agents NaBH4, BH3·THF, and PhNEt2·BH3 in combination with the chiral reagents (S)-(-)-α,α-diphenyl-2-pyrrolidinemethanol (4) or (S)-proline (5), in the presence of TMSCl or B(OMe)3 under various conditions to obtain the corresponding 1,4-diol 2 in 52% to 97% ee. The chiral 1,4-diol 2 was converted to various C2-symmetric (2S,5S)-2,5-diphenylpyrrolidine derivatives 3a-e (45 to 75% yield) via the corresponding dimesylate prepared using MsCl and Et3N.

Resolution of C2-symmetric 2,3-diphenylbutane-1,4-diol and purification of diastereomeric 1,4-diphenylbutane-1,4-diol using (S)-proline and boric acid

Racemic 2,3-diphenylbutane-1,4-diol (±)-1 is resolved to obtain the corresponding (R,R)-isomer in 98% e.e. through reaction with (S)-proline and boric acid. Partially resolved (R,R)-(-)-1 and (S,S)-(+)-1 have been enriched to obtain samples of 95 and 97% e.e. through reaction with (S)-proline and boric acid. Diastereomeric 1,4-diphenylbutane-1,4-diol 2 has been purified to obtain the (R,R)-isomer in 98% e.e. using (S)-proline and boric acid.

Oxazaborolidine-catalysed reduction of alk-2-ene-1,4-diones. A convenient access to chiral 1,4-diols

An efficient method for the preparation of C2-symmetric, chiral alk-2- ene-1,4-diols (4) has been achieved, based on the borane-mediated reduction of symmetric alk-2-ene-1,4-diones (2) in the presence of oxazaborolidine (R)- 1. In general, the presence of the double bond in 2 has been beneficial (compared with the related saturated 1,4-diketones 3) not only as far as the stereoselectivity in the reduction step is concerned, but also because it allowed us to remove meso-4 by chomatography and/or to improve the stereochemical purity of several resulting mixtures of diols 4 by Sharpless' epoxidation. Enantioenricbed compounds 4 have been readily reduced to saturated diols with negligible loss of optical purity.

Asymmetric synthesis of trans-2,5-diphenylpyrrolidine: A C2-symmetric chiral amine

(R,R)-2,5-Diphenylpyrrolidine of high enantiomeric purity (>98% e.e.) may be prepared from 1,4-diphenyl-1,4-butanedione in 4 steps and 64% overall yield. A key step is asymmetric reduction of the dione with Ipc2BCl.