Stereospecific Rhodium-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution with Alkenyl Cyanohydrin Pronucleophiles: Construction of Acyclic Quaternary Substituted α,β-Unsaturated Ketones

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 137, Issue 49, 2015, Pages 15374-15377

  Turnbull, Ben W H ^a   Oliver, Samuel ^b   Evans, P Andrew ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; ALLYLATION; CATALYSIS; RHODIUM; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALLYLIC ALKYLATION; ALLYLIC CARBONATES; ALLYLIC SUBSTITUTION; CROSS-COUPLINGS; DIRECTED SYNTHESIS; ENOLATE ALKYLATION; RHODIUM-CATALYZED; UNSATURATED KETONES;

KETONES;

ALKENE; ALKYL GROUP; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYANOHYDRIN; KETONE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM SALT; NUCLEOPHILE; RHODIUM;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; ISOMERIZATION; NUCLEOPHILICITY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOSPECIFICITY; STOICHIOMETRY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84950261976     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b10270     Document Type: Article

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