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Nucleophilic ring opening of imidazolone activated donor–acceptor cyclopropanes with alcohols
Mendeleev Communications. 2021. Vol. 31. No. 5. P. 657–658.
Ikonnikova V., Zhigileva E., Kuleshov A., Shirokova V., Baranov M., Mikhaylov A. A.
Imidazolone-activated donor–acceptor cyclopropanes
undergo alcohol-assisted ring opening under the co-action of
p-toluenesulfonic acid. Under the optimized conditions,
cyclopropanes and alcohols are coupled in 1,3-fashion with
the retention of heterocyclic fragment. Substrates with
aromatic donor groups provide the addition products in
75–99% yields as mixtures of two diastereomers.
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