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Stereospecific Palladium‐Catalyzed Acylation of Enantioenriched Alkylcarbastannatranes: A General Alternative to Asymmetric Enolate Reactions
Author(s) -
Wang ChaoYuan,
Ralph Glenn,
Derosa Joseph,
Biscoe Mark R.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201609930
Subject(s) - stereospecificity , electrophile , acylation , nucleophile , chemistry , optically active , reagent , palladium , catalysis , enantioselective synthesis , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry
We report the development of a Pd‐catalyzed process for the cross coupling of unactivated primary, secondary, and tertiary alkylcarbastannatrane nucleophiles with acyl electrophiles. Reactions involving optically active alkylcarbastannatranes occur with exceptional stereofidelity and with net retention of absolute configuration. Because the stereochemistry of the resulting products is entirely reagent‐controlled, this process may be viewed as a general, alternative approach to the preparation of products typically accessed via asymmetric enolate methodologies. Additionally, we report a new method for the preparation of optically active alkylcarbastannatranes, which should facilitate their future use in stereospecific reactions.