Enantioselective iridium-catalyzed carbonyl isoprenylation via alcohol-mediated hydrogen transfer.

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University of Texas at Austin, Department of Chemistry, 105 E 24th St (A5300), Austin, TX 78712-1167, USA.

Published: January 2019

Highly enantioselective iridium catalyzed carbonyl (2-vinyl)allylation or "isoprenylation" is achieved via hydrogen auto-transfer or 2-propanol-mediated reductive coupling from primary alcohol or aldehyde reactants, respectively. Using this method, asymmetric total syntheses of the terpenoid natural products (+)-ipsenol and (+)-ipsdienol were achieved.

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