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Frontispiece: Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Isotopomers of 1‐Alkanols by a ZACA–Cu‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling Protocol
Author(s) -
Xu Shiqing,
Oda Akimichi,
Negishi Eiichi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201484961
Subject(s) - isotopomers , enantioselective synthesis , enantiomer , catalysis , deuterium , chemistry , enantiomeric excess , kinetic isotope effect , combinatorial chemistry , organic synthesis , stereoisomerism , chirality (physics) , negishi coupling , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , physics , molecule , chiral anomaly , particle physics , nambu–jona lasinio model , fermion , quantum mechanics
Chiral Isotopomers Chiral compounds arising from the replacement of hydrogen (H) by deuterium (D) are very important in the fields of organic chemistry and biochemistry. Due to the very small differences between the isotopes, it is still very challenging to synthesize chiral isotopomers in high enantiomeric purity. In their Communication on page 16060 ff., E.‐i. Negishi et al. report a widely applicable and catalytic method for the synthesis of various β‐ and more‐remotely chiral 1‐alkanols of isotopic cryptochirality (specific rotation is non‐measurable) in high enantiomeric purity (≥99% ee ) through a Zr‐catalyzed asymmetric carboalumination of alkenes (ZACA reaction)/Cu‐catalyzed cross‐coupling protocol.