Catalytic enantioselective cross-couplings of secondary alkyl electrophiles with secondary alkylmetal nucleophiles: Negishi reactions of racemic benzylic bromides with achiral alkylzinc reagents

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 134, Issue 41, 2012, Pages 17003-17006

  Binder, Jörg T ^a   Cordier, Christopher J ^a,b   Fu, Gregory C ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYLIC; CROSS-COUPLING PRODUCTS; CROSS-COUPLINGS; ELECTROPHILES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; NEGISHI REACTIONS;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COUPLINGS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; LIGANDS;

NUCLEOPHILES;

BROMINE DERIVATIVE; ELECTROPHILE; NUCLEOPHILE; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; NEGISHI REACTION;

CATALYSIS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; ISOQUINOLINES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NICKEL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXAZOLES; STEREOISOMERISM; ZINC;

EID: 84867556242     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja308460z     Document Type: Article

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