A new strategy for the synthesis of chiral β-alkynyl esters via sequential palladium and copper catalysis

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 8502-8505

  Trost, Barry M ^a   Taft, Benjamin R ^a   Masters, James T ^a   Lumb, Jean Philip ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNYLS; ALLYLIC CARBONATES; CHIRAL BUILDING BLOCKS; COPPER CATALYSIS; CU CATALYSIS; HETEROCYCLES; NEW STRATEGY; REACTION SEQUENCES; SILYL GROUP; TERMINAL ALKYNE;

ACETYLENE; CATALYSIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ESTERIFICATION; PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ESTERS;

ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COPPER; ESTER DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM;

ALKYNYLATION; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; CONJUGATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; GEOMETRY; HYDROALKYNYLATION; REDUCTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYNES; CATALYSIS; COPPER; ESTERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PALLADIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 79957992135     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja203171x     Document Type: Article

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