Enantioselective synthesis and cross-coupling of tertiary propargylic boronic esters using lithiation-borylation of propargylic carbamates

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 51, Issue 47, 2012, Pages 11795-11799

  Partridge, Benjamin M ^a   Chausset Boissarie, Laëtitia ^a   Burns, Matthew ^a   Pulis, Alexander P ^a   Aggarwal, Varinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

allenes; boronic esters; cross coupling; lithiation; propargylic alcohols

Indexed keywords

ALLENES; BORONIC ESTERS; CROSS-COUPLINGS; LITHIATION; PROPARGYLIC ALCOHOLS;

ALCOHOLS; BORON; ESTERS; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HYDROCARBONS;

ESTERIFICATION;

EID: 84869479038     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201203198     Document Type: Article

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