Department of Applied Chemistry, China Agricultural University, 2 West Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing 100193, PR China
Abstract:
Leukotriene B41 was prepared from two chiral synthons 8 and 14. The chiral secondary alcohols of 8 and 14 were constructed by BINOL/Ti(OiPr)4 catalyzed enantioselective alkynylzinc addition to aldehydes.