Asymmetric hydrogen transfer protocol for enantiocontrolled synthesis of (–)-chokol G

Abstract

An enantiocontrolled route to the (–)-chokol G, a fungitoxic metabolite from stromata of Epichloe typhia, has been devised by employing a Ru^II-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogen transfer reaction as the key step.

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