Phosphoramidites: privileged ligands in asymmetric catalysis

JF Teichert, BL Feringa - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Asymmetric catalysis with transition‐metal complexes is the basis for a vast array of
stereoselective transformations and has changed the face of modern synthetic chemistry …

Enantioselective copper-catalyzed conjugate addition and allylic substitution reactions

A Alexakis, JE Backvall, N Krause, O Pàmies… - Chemical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
In the past decades there has been a dramatic increase in the demand for enantiopure
compounds for fine-chemicals (ie, agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals) and material …

The Grignard reaction–unraveling a chemical puzzle

RM Peltzer, J Gauss, O Eisenstein… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
More than 100 years since its discovery, the mechanism of the Grignard reaction remains
unresolved. Ambiguities arise from the concomitant presence of multiple organomagnesium …

Recent applications of chiral ferrocene ligands in asymmetric catalysis

R Gómez Arrayás, J Adrio… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the impressive progress achieved in asymmetric catalysis during the last decade, an
increasing number of new catalysts, ligands, and applications are reported every year to …

Mechanisms of nucleophilic organocopper (I) reactions

N Yoshikai, E Nakamura - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
Organocopper compounds in organic chemistry appear most frequently in the form of
nucleophilic organocopper (I) reagents, which are used either as stoichiometric reagents or …

Catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition and allylic alkylation with Grignard reagents

SR Harutyunyan, T den Hartog, K Geurts… - Chemical …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Catalytic asymmetric CC bond-forming reactions using organometallic reagents are among
the most important of organic transformations. 1 Frequently, these transformations are key …

Nonlinear effects in asymmetric catalysis

T Satyanarayana, S Abraham… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
There is a need for the preparation of enantiomerically pure compounds for various
applications. An efficient approach to achieve this goal is asymmetric catalysis. The chiral …

Recent advances in enantioselective copper-catalyzed 1, 4-addition

T Jerphagnon, MG Pizzuti, AJ Minnaard… - Chemical Society …, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
A comprehensive overview of recent literature from 2003 concerning advances in
enantioselective copper catalysed 1, 4-addition of organometallic reagents to α, β …

Generation of axially chiral fluoroallenes through a copper-catalyzed enantioselective β-fluoride elimination

TJ O'Connor, BK Mai, J Nafie, P Liu… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Herein we report the copper-catalyzed silylation of propargylic difluorides to generate axially
chiral, tetrasubstituted monofluoroallenes in both good yields (27 examples> 80%) and …

Bifunctional Iminophosphorane‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Nitroalkane Addition to Unactivated α, β‐Unsaturated Esters

D Rozsar, AJM Farley, I McLauchlan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein we describe the enantioselective intermolecular conjugate addition of nitroalkanes to
unactivated α, β‐unsaturated esters, catalyzed by a bifunctional iminophosphorane (BIMP) …