Stereoselective Copper-Catalyzed Direct Aldol Reaction of β, γ-Unsaturated α-Ketoesters with Coumaran-3-Ones.

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Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry & Center, for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology & School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China.

Published: January 2021

An efficient direct aldol reaction between coumaran-3-ones and β, γ-unsaturated α-ketoesters by virtue of a chiral copper complex is developed. A series of coumaran-3-one derivatives containing chiral tertiary alcohol structures are obtained in excellent yields and stereoselectivities.

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