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Asymmetric synthesis of trans-3,4-dialkyl-γ-butyrolactones via an acyl-claisen and iodolactonization route
Xu, Qun,Rozners, Eriks
, p. 2821 - 2824 (2007/10/03)
(Chemical Equation Presented) A new, efficient, and general asymmetric synthesis of enantiomerically pure trans-3,4-dialkyl-γ-lactones has been developed. The key steps are (1) copper-catalyzed three-component coupling of chiral amine, aldehyde, and alkyne, (2) acyl-Claisen rearrangement, and (3) iodolactonization. The products, chiral γ-lactones, are versatile synthetic intermediates and structural units of natural products and modified nucleosides.
