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Anna E Allen1, David W C Macmillan.
Abstract
An enantioselective organocatalytic alpha-trifluoromethylation of aldehydes has been accomplished using a commercially available, electrophilic trifluoromethyl source. The merging of Lewis acid and organocatalysis provides a new strategy for the enantioselective construction of trifluoromethyl stereogenicity, an important chiral synthon for pharmaceutical, materials, and agrochemical applications. This mild and operationally simple protocol allows rapid access to enantioenriched alpha-trifluoromethylated aldehydes through a nonphotolytic pathway.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20297822 PMCID: PMC2880471 DOI: 10.1021/ja100748y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419