Eantioselective

The palladium-catalyzed allene preparation method was extended to an asymmetric counterpart using a Pd/(R)-binap species as a chiral catalyst and axially chiral allenes 103 were obtained with good eantioselectivity [96]. It was found that the pres-... 

The (—)-quinine-catalyzed IMA of 40 gave cw-(- -)-methoxy chromanone cou-marin (cA-41) in 67% yield with 98% ee and its trans-41 in 21% yield with lower eantioselectivity (39% ee). The Mgl2-assisted isomerization of cis-(+)-41 accompanied by demethylation followed by the reaction of the formed diastereomeric mixture of chromanone 42 (without separation) with senecioyl aldehyde in the presence of phenyl boronic acid under the same condition to construct the 2,2-dimethyl chromanone ring reported in the synthesis of (+)-inophyllum B (3). The yield of trans-(+)-43 in 61% with 91% ee and its cw-isomer (+)-43 corresponded to the (+)-calanolide D as a minor product in 23% yield with 84% ee. At last, the synthesis of (+)-calanolide A (1) was accomplished by hydride reduction of (+)-43 with... 

Jamali, R, Mehvar, R. and Pasntto, RM., Eantioselective aspect of drng action and disposition therapentic pitfalls, J. Pharm. Sci., 78, 695-715, 1989. 

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