Synthesis of enantioenriched tertiary boronic esters by the lithiation/borylation of secondary alkyl benzoates

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 135, Issue 43, 2013, Pages 16054-16057

  Pulis, Alexander P ^a   Blair, Daniel J ^a   Torres, Eva ^a   Aggarwal, Varinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL BENZOATE; BORONIC ESTERS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP TRANSFORMATIONS; HIGH YIELD; LITHIATION; QUATERNARY CENTERS; SYNTHETIC UTILITY; TERTIARY ALCOHOLS;

ESTERS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS;

ESTERIFICATION;

BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMER; LITHIATION; NUCLEOPHILICITY; OLEFINATION; OXIDATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84887052288     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja409100y     Document Type: Article

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