4-BENZYL-2,3-DIDEHYDROPROLINATE AS A HOMOCHIRAL TEMPLATE FOR MICHAEL ADDITIONS - SYNTHESIS OF ENANTIOPURE ALPHA-ALLOKAINOIDS, BETA-KAINOIDS, 2,3-METHANOPROLINES AND OTHER 3,4-DISUBSTITUTED PROLINES
J. Ezquerra et al., 4-BENZYL-2,3-DIDEHYDROPROLINATE AS A HOMOCHIRAL TEMPLATE FOR MICHAEL ADDITIONS - SYNTHESIS OF ENANTIOPURE ALPHA-ALLOKAINOIDS, BETA-KAINOIDS, 2,3-METHANOPROLINES AND OTHER 3,4-DISUBSTITUTED PROLINES, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 7(9), 1996, pp. 2613-2626
Ethyl -N-methoxycarbonyl-4-benzyl-2,3-didehydroprolinate 10a undergoes
Michael additions with stabilized carbanions and cuprates giving excl
usively the enantiopure all-trans 3,4-disubstituted prolinates. The hi
gh stereoselection observed in this reaction is driven by the C-4 subs
tituent of the Michael acceptor. This methodology has been applied to
the synthesis of the enantiopure beta-kainoid 5a and the 2,3-methanopr
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