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Stereocontrolled Access to Quaternary Centers by Birch Reduction/Alkylation of Chiral Esters of Salicylic Acids

Abstract

8-Phenylmenthol esters of salicylic acid derivatives undergo efficient Birch reduction and in situ diastereoselective alkylations to afford methoxycyclohexadienes bearing new quaternary stereogenic centers. The use of an ester-based auxiliary is a designed improvement over the use of prolinol-derived amides, which are expensive and often very difficult to cleave.

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