Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

Enantioselective synthesis of (2R, 3S)-(+)-catechin

S Jew, D Lim, S Bae, H Kim, J Kim, J Lee, H Park

Index: Jew, Sang-sup; Lim, Doo-yeon; Bae, So-young; Kim, Hyun-ah; Kim, Jeong-hoon; Lee, Jihye; Park, Hyeung-geun Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 2002 , vol. 13, # 7 p. 715 - 720

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Abstract

A new enantioselective synthetic method for catechin from trans-methyl cinnamate derivative was developed via asymmetric dihydroxylation (ADH), the addition of an aryllithium species, followed by the Barton–McCombie reaction and an intramolecular Mitsunobu reaction as key steps.