Efficient chiral N-heterocyclic carbene/copper(I)-catalyzed asymmetric allylic arylation with aryl Grignard reagents

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 46, 2009, Pages 8733-8735

  Selim, Khalid B ^a   Matsumoto, Yasumasa ^a   Yamada, Ken Ichi ^a   Tomioka, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allylic compounds; Asymmetric catalysis; Copper; Magnesium; N heterocyclic carbenes

Indexed keywords

ALLYLIC COMPOUNDS; ARYLATIONS; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; COPPER CATALYST; ENANTIOMERIC EXCESS; GRIGNARD REAGENT; MONODENTATES; N-HETEROCYCLIC; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; REGIO-SELECTIVE;

COPPER; MAGNESIUM;

CATALYSIS;

ALKENE; CARBENE; COPPER; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; METHANE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKENES; CATALYSIS; COPPER; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; METHANE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 70350599360     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200904676     Document Type: Article

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