Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Arylboronic Acids to Nitroalkenes Using Olefin-Sulfoxide Ligands
Feng Xue, Dongping Wang, Xincheng Li and Boshun Wan*
*Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China, Email: bswandicp.ac.cn
F. Xue, D. Wang, X. Li, B. Wan, J. Org. Chem., 2012, 77, 3071-3081.
DOI: 10.1021/jo3003562
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Abstract
In an efficient rhodium/olefin-sulfoxide catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition of organoboronic acids to nitroalkenes, 2-methoxy-1-naphthyl sulfinyl functionalized olefin ligands are highly effective and applicable to a broad scope of aryl, alkyl, and heteroaryl nitroalkenes.
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