Enantioselective nucleophile-catalyzed cycloadditions
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Wilson, Jonathan E., Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology![Thumbnail](/bitstream/handle/1721.1/40973/213296828-MIT.pdf.jpg?sequence=5&isAllowed=y)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Chemistry.
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Gregory C. Fu.
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Chapter 1 describes the development of an asymmetric nucleophile-catalyzed [2+2] cycloaddition of ketenes with aldehydes. This is the first report of a catalytic enantioselective synthesis of trisubstituted [beta]-lactones. Two enantioselective phosphine-catalyzed [3+2] cycloadditions of allenoates are detailed in Chapter 2. A method for the asymmetric synthesis of cyclopentenes via a [3+2] cycloaddition of allenoates with enones is first discussed. This is followed by a report of our efforts to extend this [3+2] methodology to imine electrophiles. We conclude, in Chapter 3, with an account of the development of a novel phosphine-catalyzed synthesis of bicyclo[3.3.0]octanones and bicyclo[4.3.0]nonanones. Preliminary results for an enantioselective variant of this method are also disclosed.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemistry, 2007. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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2007Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of ChemistryPublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Chemistry.