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C-Acylation of Cyclopropanols: Preparation of Functionalized 1,4-Diketones

Bibhuti Bhusan Parida, Pragna Pratic Das, Mathilde Niocel and Jin Kun Cha*

*Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States, Email: jchachem.wayne.edu

B. B. Parida, P. P. Das, M. Niocel, J. K. Cha, Org. Lett., 2013, 15, 1752-1783.

DOI: 10.1021/ol400666x


Abstract

A palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of cyclopropanols and acyl chlorides enables a convenient method for preparing attractively functionalized 1,4-diketones. The utility of this method has been demonstrated in an enantioselective synthesis of (+)-myrmicarin 217.

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Key Words

1,4-diketones


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