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Copper catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of chiral allylic esters
Geurts, Koen,Fletcher, Stephen P.,Feringa, Ben L.
, p. 15572 - 15573 (2007/10/03)
The complex derived from Taniaphos ligand 4 and CuBr?Me2S catalyzes the asymmetric addition of Grignard reagents to 3-bromopropenyl esters 1 to provide allylic esters 2 in high yields and high chemio-, regio-, and enantioselectivities. The work demonstrates that allylic asymmetric alkylation (AAA) can be done on substrates bearing a heteroatom at the γ-position. The method is a practical route to chiral, nonracemic allylic alcohols. The use of functionalized substrates 1 or Grignard reagents leads to more complex products 2, which can be further manipulated as demonstrated in conversion to (S)-5-ethyl-2(5H)-furanone 6 and (S)-benzoic acid-cyclopent-2-enyl ester 7. Copyright
