Quaternary carbon stereogenic centers through copper-catalyzed enantioselective allylic substitutions with readily accessible aryl- or heteroaryllithium reagents and aluminum chlorides

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 45, 2010, Pages 8370-8374

  Gao, Fang ^a   Lee, Yunmi ^a   Mandai, Kyoko ^a   Hoveyda, Amir H ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allylic substitution; Aluminum reagents; Enantioselective reactions; N heterocyclic carbenes; Quaternary carbon centers

Indexed keywords

ALLYLIC SUBSTITUTION; ALUMINUM CHLORIDES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; ENANTIOSELECTIVE ALLYLIC SUBSTITUTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVE REACTIONS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; ORGANOLITHIUM REAGENT; QUATERNARY CARBON; STEREOGENIC CENTERS;

ALUMINUM; CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CHLORIDE; COPPER; LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHLORIDES; COPPER; LITHIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 78149439210     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201005124     Document Type: Article

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