Volume 127, Issue 7 pp. 2170-2173
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Regiodivergent Addition of Phenols to Allylic Oxides: Control of 1,2- and 1,4-Additions for Cyclitol Synthesis

Matthew J. Moschitto

Matthew J. Moschitto

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, 259 East Ave., Ithaca, NY 14853 (USA)

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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David N. Vaccarello

David N. Vaccarello

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, 259 East Ave., Ithaca, NY 14853 (USA)

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Prof. Dr. Chad A. Lewis

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Chad A. Lewis

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, 259 East Ave., Ithaca, NY 14853 (USA)

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First published: 22 December 2014
Citations: 1

The project described was supported by Award Number T32GM008500 (M.J.M.) from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and generously supported by Cornell University. We thank Anthony Condo for mass spectra data collection and Ivan Keresztes for assistance with the NMR spectra.

Abstract

Control of 1,2- and 1,4-addition of substituted phenols to allylic oxides is achieved by intercepting palladium π-allyl complexes. The interconversion of palladium complexes results in the total synthesis of MK 7607, cyathiformine B type, streptol, and a new cyclitol.

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