Enantioselective rhodium-catalyzed allylic substitution with a nitrile anion:construction of acyclic quaternary carbon stereogenic centers

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 137, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 6156-6159

  Turnbull, Ben W H ^a   Evans, P Andrew ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; ALLYLATION; CARBON; CATALYSIS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; RHODIUM; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

ALLYLIC ALKYLATION; ALLYLIC SUBSTITUTION; ASYMMETRIC ALKYLATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; QUATERNARY CARBON; RHODIUM-CATALYZED; STEREOGENIC CENTERS; SYNTHETIC UTILITY;

CYANIDES;

BENZOIC ACID; CARBON; NITRILE; PIPERAZINE; RHODIUM;

ALKYLATION; ALLYLIC REARRANGEMENT; ARTICLE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84930199305     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b02810     Document Type: Article

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