Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric [4+1] Cycloadditions of Enones with Diazo Compounds To Form Dihydrofurans

Sunghee Son and Gregory C. Fu*
Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129 (5), pp 1046–1047
DOI: 10.1021/ja068344y
Publication Date (Web): January 11, 2007
Copyright © 2007 American Chemical Society
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This report describes the use of a planar-chiral bipyridine ligand to achieve the first diastereo- and enantioselective copper-catalyzed [4+1] cycloadditions of enones with diazo compounds to produce highly substituted 2,3-dihydrofurans. The method is applied to a catalytic asymmetric synthesis of a deoxy-C-nucleoside.

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  • Published In Issue February 07, 2007
  • Received November 21, 2006

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