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SUBMITTER: Scharfbier J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7003868 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20191204 4
A method for the synthesis of benzylsilanes starting from the corresponding ammonium triflates is reported. Silyl boronic esters are employed as silicon pronucleophiles, and the reaction is catalyzed by copper(I) salts. Enantioenriched benzylic ammonium salts react stereospecifically through an S<sub>N</sub> 2-type displacement of the ammonium group to afford α-chiral silanes with inversion of the configuration. A cyclopropyl-substituted substrate does not undergo ring opening, thus suggesting a ...[more]