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SUBMITTER: Jumde RP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5727103 | biostudies-other | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Nature communications 20171212 1
General methods to prepare chiral pyridine derivatives are greatly sought after due to their significance in medicinal chemistry. Here, we report highly enantioselective catalytic transformations of poorly reactive β-substituted alkenyl pyridines to access a wide range of alkylated chiral pyridines. The simple methodology involves reactivity enhancement via Lewis acid (LA) activation, the use of readily available and highly reactive Grignard reagents, and a copper-chiral diphosphine ligand catal ...[more]