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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2015 May 18;137(21):6941–6946. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b03570

Table 2.

Trisubstituted epoxy alcohol cyclizations under [Rh(CO)2Cl]2 and (±)-CSA promotion

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entry substrate activator 7/8 yield 7 (%)a
1 6c, n = 0 [Rh(CO)2Cl]2b >20: 1 93
2 6c, n = 0 (±)-CSAc   3.4: 1
3 6d, n = 1 [Rh(CO)2Cl]2d >20: 1 88
4 6d, n = 1 (±)-CSAe     1: 1.8
a

Isolated yield.

b

[Rh(CO)2Cl]2 (1 mol %), THF, rt.

c

(±)-CSA (10 mol %), CH2Cl2, rt.

d

[Rh(CO)2Cl]2 (2.5 mol %), THF, rt.

d

(±)-CSA (100 mol %), CH2Cl2, rt.