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Dynamic Kinetic Resolution for Construction of Three Transannular Stereocenters of Dihydrobenzofuranols

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posted on 2018-09-17, 00:00 authored by Lizhen Fang, Fangfei Zhao, Shuyu Hu, Lili Han, Xiaojing Hu, Mingyong Wang, Qianqian Sun, Huipan Wu
A handy and effective method was established to obtain the cis-2,3-dihydrobenzofuranols having three stereocenters, involving asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of benzofuranones via dynamic kinetic resolution. The general applicability of this method was examined with different benzofuran-3-(2H)-ones, and stereoselectivities of 85–99% ee and up to 98/2 dr were obtained.

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