Synfacts 2016; 12(05): 0511
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1561992
Metal-Mediated Synthesis
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Asymmetric Fukuyama Cross-Coupling of Racemic Benzylic Zinc Reagents

Contributor(s):
Paul Knochel
,
Diana Haas
Oost R, Misale A, Maulide N * University of Vienna, Austria
Enantioconvergent Fukuyama Cross-Coupling of Racemic Benzylic Organozinc Reagents.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016;
55: 4587-4590
Further Information

Publication History

Publication Date:
18 April 2016 (online)

 

Significance

Maulide and co-workers report an enantioconvergent palladium-catalyzed Fukuyama cross-coupling of racemic benzylic zinc reagents with thioesters. A wide range of acyclic α-disubstituted carbonyl compounds are afforded in high yields under mild reaction conditions.


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Comment

The addition of ZnCl2 significantly improved both the yield and enantioselectivity of the reaction by influencing the Schlenk equilibrium, as well as by accelerating the racemization rate of the secondary organozinc reagents.


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