Volume 52, Issue 33 pp. 8676-8680
Communication

Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Intermolecular Cyclization

Dr. Jian Hu

Dr. Jian Hu

Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371 (Singapore)

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Prof. Dr. Hajime Hirao

Prof. Dr. Hajime Hirao

Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371 (Singapore)

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Dr. Yongxin Li

Dr. Yongxin Li

Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371 (Singapore)

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Prof. Dr. Jianrong (Steve) Zhou

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Jianrong (Steve) Zhou

Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371 (Singapore)

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First published: 03 July 2013
Citations: 85

We thank the Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF-RF2008-10) and Nanyang Technological University for financial support and Sijia Liu for some experiments.

Graphical Abstract

Domino cyclization: Alkylpalladium intermediates in an asymmetric Heck reaction were intercepted by a second alkene to give tricyclic products with high enantioselectivity (see scheme; Boc=tert-butoxycarbonyl). The method was applied to the asymmetric synthesis of a precursor of (−)-martinellic acid, a folk eye medicine in South America.

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