Benzylic boron reagents behaving as allylic boron reagents towards aldehydes: A new asymmetric reaction leading to homoallylic alcohols with concomitant dearomatisation

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 9741-9745

  Ros, Abel ^a   Bermejo, Antonio ^a   Aggarwal, Yarinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allylboration; Asymmetric catalysis; Borylation; Dearomatization; Lithiation

Indexed keywords

ALLYLBORATION; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; BORYLATION; DEAROMATIZATION; LITHIATION;

ALDEHYDES; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; SALTS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

AROMATIZATION;

EID: 77955884643     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001174     Document Type: Article

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