Maestro A, Nagy BS, Ötvös SB, Kappe CO. A Telescoped Continuous Flow Enantioselective Process for Accessing Intermediates of 1-Aryl-1,3-diols as Chiral Building Blocks.
J Org Chem 2023;
88:15523-15529. [PMID:
37844195 PMCID:
PMC10629223 DOI:
10.1021/acs.joc.3c02040]
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Abstract
A telescoped continuous flow process is reported for the enantioselective synthesis of chiral precursors of 1-aryl-1,3-diols, intermediates in the synthesis of ezetimibe, dapoxetine, duloxetine, and atomoxetine. The two-step sequence consists of an asymmetric allylboration of readily available aldehydes using a polymer-supported chiral phosphoric acid catalyst to introduce asymmetry, followed by selective epoxidation of the resulting alkene. The process is highly stable for at least 7 h and represents a transition-metal free enantioselective approach to valuable 1-aryl-1,3-diols.
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