Synthesis of chiral (tetrazolyl)methyl-containing acrylates via silicon-induced organocatalytic kinetic resolution of Morita-Baylis-Hillman fluorides.
Takayuki NishimineHiromi TairaSatoru MoriOkiya MatsubaraEtsuko TokunagaHidehiko AkiyamaVadim A SoloshonokNorio ShibataPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2018)
Reported herein is a new approach for the asymmetric installation of a (tetrazolyl)methyl group via Si/F activation using organocatalytic kinetic resolution of racemic MBH-fluorides.