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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 20, Issue 47, Pages 15354-15359Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201405246
Keywords
asymmetric catalysis; dual stereocontrol; isoflavanones; natural products; palladium
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- Irish Research Council (IRC) EMBARK Initiative PhD Scholarship
- Higher Education Authority's Programme for Research in Third-level institutions (PRTLI), Cycle 4
- Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC) [12\RC\2275]
- Newman Fellowship Programme for Post-Doctoral Scientists
- Higher Education Authority's PRTLI
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A modular six-step asymmetric synthesis of two naturally occurring and three non-natural isoflavanones containing tertiary alpha-aryl carbonyls is reported. This synthetic route, utilising a Pd-catalyzed decarboxylative asymmetric protonation, produces isoflavanones in excellent enantioselectivities from 76-97 %. A switch in the sense of stereoinduction was observed when different H+ sources were employed, showing the first example of dual stereocontrol in an asymmetric protonation reaction. The first enantioselective synthesis of the naturally occurring isoflavanones sativanone and 3-o-methylviolanone has been accomplished.
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