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Synfacts 2008(11): 1173-1173  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1083453
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
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Copper-Catalyzed 1,4-Reduction of α,β-Unsaturated Esters

Contributor(s): Hisashi Yamamoto, Pingfan Li
J. Deng, X.-P. Hu*, J.-D. Huang, S.-B. Yu, D.-Y. Wang, Z.-C. Duan, Z. Zheng*
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, P. R. of China
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23 October 2008 (online)

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Significance

Chiral β-aryl-substituted γ-amino acids have the potential to serve as drugs. This copper-phosphine-catalyzed silane addition to γ-phthalimido-substituted α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid esters provides a straightforward route for obtaining such molecules with high enantioselectivity.