Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Deliver System of Ministry of Education, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
Abstract:
A new enantioselective aldol-type reaction of 4-hydroxycoumarins and ethyl trifluoropyruvate has been developed. In the presence of (DHQD)2PHAL (5 mol%), ethyl trifluoropyruvate could react with various 4-hydroxycoumarins to afford novel 4-hydroxycoumarin derivatives containing a tertiary trifluoromethyl alcohol center in good yields with moderate enantioselectivities.