Substrate Plasticity Enables Group-Selective Transmetalation: Catalytic Stereospecific Cross-Couplings of Tertiary Boronic Esters.

ABSTRACT: Activation of enantiomerically enriched tertiary alkylboronic esters with adamantyllithium generated in situ enables stereoretentive boron-to-copper transmetalation. The resulting alkylcopper species can undergo cross-coupling reactions with an array of electrophiles to furnish synthetically useful compounds bearing quaternary stereocenters. DFT calculations of the transmetalation process provide insights for reactivity and selectivity.

SUBMITTER: Liang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10924285 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature