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SUBMITTER: Choi J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3415582 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20120521 22
The first method for the stereoconvergent cross-coupling of racemic α-halonitriles is described, specifically, nickel-catalyzed Negishi arylations and alkenylations that furnish an array of enantioenriched α-arylnitriles and allylic nitriles, respectively. Noteworthy features of this investigation include: the highly enantioselective synthesis of α-alkyl-α-aryl nitriles that bear secondary α-alkyl substituents; the first examples of the use of alkenylzinc reagents in stereoconvergent Negishi rea ...[more]