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Org Lett. 2005 Nov 10;7(23):5317-9. doi: 10.1021/ol052257d.

Asymmetric synthesis of 2-aryl-2,3-dihydro-4-quinolones by rhodium-catalyzed 1,4-addition of arylzinc reagents in the presence of chlorotrimethylsilane.

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Ryo Shintani, Takafumi Yamagami, Takahiro Kimura, Tamio Hayashi

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.

PMID: 16268567 DOI: 10.1021/ol052257d

Abstract

[reaction: see text] The first catalytic asymmetric synthesis of 2-aryl-2,3-dihydro-4-quinolones has been developed by way of a rhodium-catalyzed 1,4-addition of arylzinc reagents to 4-quinolones. These 1,4-adducts can be obtained with high enantioselectivity by the use of (R)-binap as a ligand, and high yields are realized by conducting the reactions in the presence of chlorotrimethylsilane.

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