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Keywords:

  • Allenes;
  • Chirality;
  • Circular dichroism;
  • Kinetic resolution

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Abstract

The novel, enantiomerically enriched nine- and ten-membered cyclic allenes (+)-5ac and (−)-6ac were synthesized by lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of propargylic acetates 1/2 and subsequent anti-stereoselective SN2′-substitution with magnesium cuprates. The CD spectra of these allenes exhibit distinct features that are a function of the ring size and the alkyl substituent at the allene moiety. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2004)