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Cover Picture: Epoxides as Alkylating Reagents for the Catellani Reaction (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 13/2018)
Author(s) -
Cheng HongGang,
Wu Chenggui,
Chen Han,
Chen Ruiming,
Qian Guangyin,
Geng Zhi,
Wei Qiang,
Xia Yuanyuan,
Zhang Jingyang,
Zhang Yuming,
Zhou Qianghui
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201801898
Subject(s) - reagent , catalysis , chemistry , lewis acids and bases , salt (chemistry) , norbornene , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , copolymer , polymer
Epoxides are highly challenging alkylating reagents for the Catellani reaction. In their Communication on page 3444, Q. Zhou and co‐workers report a cooperative catalytic system comprising of a Pd II /XPhos complex and the potassium salt of 5‐norbornene‐2‐carboxylic acid to enable the use of epoxides as alkylating reagents in the Catellani reaction. The picture shows the key elements of this novel transformation, with representative buildings of Wuhan University in the background. Cover design by Jun Deng, Wuhan University.