Asymmetric synthesis of carboxylic acid derivatives having an all-carbon α-quaternary center through Cu-catalyzed 1,4-addition of dialkylzinc reagents to 2-aryl acetate derivatives

Organic Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2801-2804

  Wilsily, Ashraf ^a   Fillion, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALKENE; AMINO ACID; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COPPER; LIGAND; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PHOSPHORAMIDOUS ACID; ZINC;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ACETATES; ALKENES; ALKYLATION; AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; COPPER; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM; ZINC;

EID: 51649119846     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol800923q     Document Type: Article

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