Synlett 2006(18): 3120-3124  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-950404
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Applications of 3,3′-Disubstituted BINAP Derivatives in Inter- and Intramolecular Heck/Mizoroki Reactions

J. Matthew Hopkins, Evgueni Gorobets, Bronwen M. M. Wheatley, Masood Parvez, Brian A. Keay*
Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
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Publication History

Received 13 April 2006
Publication Date:
14 August 2006 (online)

Abstract

A series of 3,3′-disubstituted BINAP ligands are used in asymmetric inter- and intramolecular Heck/Mizoroki reactions and their enantioselectivity compared to BINAP.

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A search on SciFinder Scholar (March 2006) of the terms ‘Heck reaction’ or ‘Heck coupling’ resulted in 2981 hits of which 2909 (97.6%) papers have been published since 1990.