Nature Communications (Sep 2017)

Ti(Oi-Pr)4-promoted photoenolization Diels–Alder reaction to construct polycyclic rings and its synthetic applications

  • Baochao Yang,
  • Kuaikuai Lin,
  • Yingbo Shi,
  • Shuanhu Gao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00440-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Anthracenols with multiple chiral centres are common motifs in natural products. Here, the authors show a highly stereoselective photoenolization/Diels–Alder methodology involving a key Lewis acid reagent enabling the efficient construction of a family of anthracenol derivatives with quaternary centers.