Cu-catalyzed chemoselective preparation of 2-(pinacolato)boron-substituted allylcopper complexes and their insitu site-, diastereo-, and enantioselective additions to aldehydes and ketones

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 52, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 5046-5051

  Meng, Fanke ^a   Jang, Hwanjong ^a   Jung, Byunghyuck ^a   Hoveyda, Amir H ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

aldol products; allylations; copper; enantioselective catalysis; vinylborons

Indexed keywords

ALDOL PRODUCTS; ALLYLATIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; ENANTIOSELECTIVE ADDITION; ENANTIOSELECTIVE CATALYSIS; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; THREE-COMPONENT; VINYLBORONS;

ALDEHYDES; COPPER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; KETONES;

CATALYSIS;

ALDEHYDE; ALLYL COMPOUND; BORON DERIVATIVE; COPPER; KETONE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALDEHYDES; ALLYL COMPOUNDS; BORON COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; COPPER; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84875138892     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201301018     Document Type: Article

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