Dynamic kinetic resolution of α,β-unsaturated lactones through asymmetric copper-catalyzed conjugate reduction: Application to the total synthesis of eupomatilone-3

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 38, 2005, Pages 6177-6180

  Rainka, Matthew P ^a   Milne, Jacqueline E ^a   Buchwald, Stephen L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross coupling; Eupomatilones; Kinetic resolution; Reduction; Total synthesis

Indexed keywords

CROSS-COUPLING; EUPOMATILONES; KINETIC RESOLUTION; LACTONES; TOTAL SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; COPPER; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

COPPER; EUPOMATILONE 3; EUPOMATILONE-3; LACTONE; LIGNAN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; COPPER; LACTONES; LIGNANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 25844459363     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200501890     Document Type: Article

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