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Chemical Communications

Iridium-catalyzed asymmetric cyclization of alkenoic acids leading to γ-lactones†

Midori Nagamotoa  and  Takahiro Nishimura*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
E-mail: tnishi@kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Abstract

Asymmetric cyclization of alkenoic acids was realized by the use of an iridium/chiral bisphosphine catalyst, giving high yields of the corresponding γ-lactones with good enantioselectivity.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC05393E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Jul 2015
Accepted
17 Jul 2015
First published
17 Jul 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 13466-13469

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Iridium-catalyzed asymmetric cyclization of alkenoic acids leading to γ-lactones

M. Nagamoto and T. Nishimura, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 13466 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC05393E

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