Volume 133, Issue 12 pp. 6375-6379
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Asymmetric Hydroesterification of Diarylmethyl Carbinols

Duanshuai Tian

Duanshuai Tian

State Key Laboratory of Bio-Organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Ling Ling Rd, Shanghai, 200032 China

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Ronghua Xu

Ronghua Xu

State Key Laboratory of Bio-Organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Ling Ling Rd, Shanghai, 200032 China

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Jinbin Zhu

Jinbin Zhu

State Key Laboratory of Bio-Organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Ling Ling Rd, Shanghai, 200032 China

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Jianxun Huang

Jianxun Huang

State Key Laboratory of Bio-Organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Ling Ling Rd, Shanghai, 200032 China

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Wei Dong

Wei Dong

State Key Laboratory of Bio-Organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Ling Ling Rd, Shanghai, 200032 China

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Prof. Dr. Jerome Claverie

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Jerome Claverie

Department of Chemistry, University of Sherbrooke, 2500 Blvd de l'Université, Sherbrooke, Qc, J1K2R1 Canada

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Prof. Dr. Wenjun Tang

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Wenjun Tang

State Key Laboratory of Bio-Organic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Ling Ling Rd, Shanghai, 200032 China

School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Sub-lane Xiangshan, Hangzhou, 310024 China

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First published: 16 December 2020
Citations: 18

Abstract

An efficient asymmetric hydroesterfication of diarylmethyl carbinols is developed for the first time with a Pd-WingPhos catalyst, resulting in a series of chiral 4-aryl-3,4-dihydrocoumarins in excellent enantioselectivities and good yields. The method features mild reaction conditions, a broad substrate scope, use of easily accessible starting materials, and low palladium loadings. A plausible stereochemical model is also proposed with the Pd-WingPhos catalyst. This method has enabled a 4-step asymmetric synthesis of (R)-tolterodine from readily available starting materials.

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