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Synfacts 2005(2): 0243-0243  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-916114
Metal-Mediated Synthesis
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Iterative Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Addition to Unsaturated Thioesters

Contributor(s): Paul Knochel, Andrei Gavryushin
R. D. Masery, M. Pullez, F. Lopez, S. Harutyunyan, A. J. Minnaard*, B. L. Feringa*
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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25 October 2005 (online)

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Significance

This method offers an easy enan­tioselective synthetic route towards the poly­deoxy­propionate chain by using an iterative protocol. This important structural motif is found in a number of biologically active compounds. A commercially available chiral ferrocenyl-based catalyst Josiphos is used for the control of enantioselectivity in copper-catalyzed 1,4-addition reaction.