Synthesis of optically active boron-silicon bifunctional cyclopropane derivatives through enantioselective copper(I)-catalyzed reaction of allylic carbonates with a diboron derivative

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 39, 2008, Pages 7424-7427

  Ito, Hajime ^a   Kosaka, Yuki ^a   Nonoyama, Kousuke ^a   Sasaki, Yusuke ^a   Sawamura, Masaya ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric catalysis; Boron; Copper; Cyclization; Silicon

Indexed keywords

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CARBONATES; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COPPER; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; PROPANE; SILANES; SILICON; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALLYLIC CARBONATES; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; BIFUNCTIONAL; BISPHOSPHINE; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CYCLIZATION; DOUBLE BONDS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; OPTICALLY ACTIVE; SILYL GROUPS; STEREOELECTRONIC EFFECTS; SYNTHESIS OF;

DERIVATIVES;

BORON DERIVATIVE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COPPER; CYCLOPROPANE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

BORON COMPOUNDS; CARBONATES; CATALYSIS; COPPER; CYCLOPROPANES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SILICON; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 54749136535     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200802342     Document Type: Article

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