Nickel(0)-catalyzed enantioselective annulations of alkynes and arylenoates enabled by a chiral NHC ligand: Efficient access to cyclopentenones

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 53, Issue 48, 2014, Pages 13229-13233

  Ahlin, Joachim S E ^a   Donets, Pavel A ^a   Cramer, Nicolai ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Annulation; Asymmetric catalysis; Carbenes; Cyclopentenones; Nickel

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHELATION; CYCLOADDITION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROCARBONS; NICKEL; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ANNULATION; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CARBENES; CYCLOPENTENONES; HIGH ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE LIGANDS; SYNTHETIC INTERMEDIATES;

LIGANDS;

ALKYNE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTENONE; LIGAND; NICKEL;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALKYNES; CATALYSIS; CYCLOPENTANES; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NICKEL; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84915750015     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201408364     Document Type: Article

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