Torsional steering controls the stereoselectivity of epoxidation in the guanacastepene a synthesis

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作者
Cheong, PHY [1 ]
Yun, H
Danishefsky, SJ
Houk, KN
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[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Chem & Biochem, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
[2] Columbia Univ, Dept Chem, New York, NY 10027 USA
[3] Sloan Kettering Inst Canc Res, Bioorgan Chem Lab, New York, NY 10021 USA
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10.1021/ol052862g
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O62 [有机化学];
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070303 ; 081704 ;
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The stereoselectivity of the key epoxidation step in the synthesis of guanacastepene A is shown to be controlled by torsional steering. In this particular epoxidation reaction, the transition structure energetic difference is enhanced by the great asynchronicity of the forming C-O bonds that intensifies the torsional interactions.
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