Enantioselective, Catalytic Fluorolactonization Reactions with a Nucleophilic Fluoride Source.

J Am Chem Soc

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States.

Published: October 2016

The enantioselective synthesis of 4-fluoroisochromanones via chiral aryl iodide-catalyzed fluorolactonization is reported. This methodology uses HF-pyridine as a nucleophilic fluoride source with a peracid stoichiometric oxidant and provides access to lactones containing fluorine-bearing stereogenic centers in high enantio- and diastereoselectivity. The regioselectivity observed in these lactonization reactions is complementary to that obtained with established asymmetric electrophilic fluorination protocols.

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