Abstract
A chiral all-carbon benzylic quaternary carbon center is created by the asymmetric intramolecular addition/ring-opening reaction of a boryl-substituted cyclobutanone, which involves enantioselective β-carbon elimination from a symmetrical rhodium cyclobutanolate. The asymmetric reaction was successfully applied to a synthesis of sesquiterpene, (-)-α-herbertenol.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3379-3381 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Organic Letters |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 15 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2006 Jul 20 |