A chiral bio-based building block, prepared by the lipase-mediated desymmetrization of an erythritol derivative, was further functionalized and then submitted to stereoselective Passerini reactions, allowing the synthesis of a small library of new molecules. Thanks to the presence of different functional groups, further cyclizations were performed providing bicyclic polyoxygenated heterocycles.
Keywords: Michael reaction; Passerini reaction; bio-based; biomass; desymmetrization; diastereoselective reactions; lipase; multicomponent reactions.