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Ruthenium-catalyzed alkyne-propargyl alcohol addition. An asymmetric total synthesis of (+)-alpha-kainic acid.
Trost, Barry M,Rudd, Michael T
, p. 1467 - 1470 (2007/10/03)
A novel route to the neuroexcitatory amino acid, kainic acid, is developed. The key concept derives from a ruthenium-catalyzed cycloisomerization of a tethered alkyne-propargyl alcohol to form a cyclic 2-vinyl-1-acyl compound. A single stereocenter introd
