Diastereoselective photocycloaddition of an axial chiral enamide

Thorsten Bach, Jürgen Schröder, Klaus Harms

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Abstract

The axial chiral enamide 3 was prepared from 2-t-butylaniline in two steps (58% overall yield). Its photocycloaddition to benzaldehyde yielded the oxetane 4a as the major product (62% de), the structure of which was elucidated by single X-ray crystallography.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9003-9004
Number of pages2
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume40
Issue number51
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Dec 1999
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Asymmetric induction
  • Atropisomerism
  • Cycloadditions
  • Photochemistry

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