Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis with Rh−Diene Complexes:  1,4-Addition of Arylboronic Acids to Unsaturated Esters

Jean-François Paquin, Corey R. J. Stephenson, Christian Defieber, and Erick M. Carreira*
Laboratorium fr Organische Chemie, ETH Hnggerberg, HCI H335, 8093 Zrich, Switzerland
Org. Lett., 2005, 7 (17), pp 3821–3824
DOI: 10.1021/ol051533l
Publication Date (Web): July 14, 2005
Copyright © 2005 American Chemical Society
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A general route to enantioenriched tert-butyl 3,3-diarylpropanoates is presented. These useful building blocks are prepared via an asymmetric rhodium-catalyzed conjugate addition of arylboronic acids to unsaturated tert-butyl esters in the presence of chiral dienes as ligands. The addition of both electron-poor and electron-rich boronic acids proceeds smoothly with various enoates in 63−90% yield with high enantioselectivites (89−94% ee).

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  • Published In Issue August 18, 2005
  • Received June 30, 2005

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