Cu-catalyzed asymmetric addition of sp2-hybridized zirconium nucleophiles to racemic allyl bromides†
Mireia Sidera,Stephen P. Fletcher
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 02/23/2015 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C5CC00421G
Abstract
Alkenylzirconium nucleophiles made in situ by the hydrozirconation of terminal alkynes undergo dynamic kinetic asymmetric allylic alkenylation with racemic allyl bromides to give enantioenriched products.