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Desymmetrization of a meso-allylic acetal by enantioselective conjugate elimination.
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Desymmetrization of a meso-allylic acetal by enantioselective conjugate elimination.

Ling Xu, Thomas Regnier, Loïc Lemiègre, Pascal Cardinael, Jean-Claude Combret, J.-P. Bouillon, Jérome Blanchet, Jacques Rouden, Anne Harrison-Marchand and Jacques Maddaluno
Organic Letters, Vol.10(5), pp.729-732
06/03/2008
PMID: 18254634

Abstract

An unprecedented enantioselective deprotonation/conjugate elimination sequence, which transforms an allylic meso-dioxepane into a chiral diene, is described. The best desymmetrization conditions (ee up to 70%) involve s-BuLi and sparteine at -78 degrees C in THF.
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