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SUBMITTER: Kim SW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6921087 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Seung Wook SW Meyer Cole C CC Mai Binh Khanh BK Liu Peng P Krische Michael J MJ
ACS catalysis 20190911 10
The use of gaseous allene as an allyl pronucleophile in enantioselective aldehyde reductive coupling is described. Notably, using the same antipode of chiral ligand, (<i>S</i>)-tol-BINAP, an inversion of enantioselectivity is observed for allene vs allyl acetate pronucleophiles. Experimental and computational studies corroborate intervention of diastereomeric π-allyliridium-<i>C</i>,<i>O</i>-benzoate complexes, which arise via allene hydrometalation (from a pentacoordinate iridium hydride) <i>vs ...[more]