Diastereoselective dl-hydrocoupling of benzalacetones by electroreduction.
Electroreduction of benzalacetones with an undivided cell in Et(4)NOTs/acetonitrile gave cyclized dl-hydrodimers as mixtures of two diastereomers. The hydrodimerization proceeded stereoselectively to afford linear dl-hydrodimers, and the following cyclization led to two thermodynamically stable diasteromers of cyclopentanols.
Kise
Naoki
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Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Tottori University, Koyama, Tottori 680-8552, Japan. kise@bio.tottori-u.ac.jp
Kitagishi
Yasuo
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Ueda
Nasuo
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