Enantioselective synthesis of quaternary carbon stereogenic centers through copper-catalyzed conjugate additions of aryl- and alkylaluminum reagents to acyclic trisubstituted enones

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 52, Issue 31, 2013, Pages 8156-8159

  Dabrowski, Jennifer A ^a   Villaume, Matthew T ^a   Hoveyda, Amir H ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

copper; enantioselective conjugate additions; N heterocyclic carbenes; organoaluminums; quaternary carbons

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATE ADDITION; ENANTIOSELECTIVE CONJUGATE ADDITION; ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; ORGANOALUMINUM REAGENTS; ORGANOALUMINUMS; QUATERNARY CARBON; STEREOGENIC CENTERS;

CARBON; COPPER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ADDITION REACTIONS;

ALUMINUM; CARBENE; CARBON; COPPER; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; METHANE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENANTIOSELECTIVE CONJUGATE ADDITIONS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; ORGANOALUMINUMS; QUATERNARY CARBONS; STEREOISOMERISM;

COPPER; ENANTIOSELECTIVE CONJUGATE ADDITIONS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; ORGANOALUMINUMS; QUATERNARY CARBONS;

ALUMINUM; CARBON; CATALYSIS; COPPER; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; METHANE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84880792283     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201304035     Document Type: Article

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