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SUBMITTER: Bandar JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4866599 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bandar Jeffrey S JS Ascic Erhad E Buchwald Stephen L SL
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20160429 18
A new method for the enantioselective reductive coupling of aryl alkenes with activated carboxylic acid derivatives via copper hydride catalysis is described. Dual catalytic cycles are proposed, with a relatively fast enantioselective hydroacylation cycle followed by a slower diastereoselective ketone reduction cycle. Symmetrical aryl carboxyclic anhydrides provide access to enantioenriched α-substituted ketones or alcohols with excellent stereoselectivity and functional group tolerance. ...[more]