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SUBMITTER: Biosca M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC11002940 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of organic chemistry 20240325 7
Density functional theory calculations have been performed to investigate the mechanism for the BINOL-catalyzed asymmetric homologation of alkenylboronic acids with CF<sub>3</sub>-diazomethane. The reaction proceeds via a chiral BINOL ester of the alkenylboronic acid substrate. The calculations reveal a complex scenario for the formation of the chiral BINOL-alkenylboronate species, which is the key intermediate in the catalytic process. The aliphatic alcohol additive plays an important role in t ...[more]