Nickel/bis(oxazoline)-catalyzed asymmetric negishi arylations of racemic secondary benzylic electrophiles to generate enantioenriched 1,1-diarylalkanes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 135, Issue 44, 2013, Pages 16288-16291

  Do, Hien Quang ^a,b   Chandrashekar, E R R ^b   Fu, Gregory C ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYL SUBSTITUENTS; ARYLZINC REAGENTS; BENZYLIC ALCOHOLS; BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS; GRAM-SCALE SYNTHESIS; MILD REACTION CONDITIONS; NEGISHI CROSS-COUPLING; STEREOGENIC CENTERS;

FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; BENZYL ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ELECTROPHILE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; IODIDE; MESYLIC ACID; THIOPHENE;

ARTICLE; ARYLATION; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHIRALITY; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PRECURSOR; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKANES; CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NICKEL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXAZOLES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84887750453     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja408561b     Document Type: Article

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