36004-04-3Relevant articles and documents
Muskat,Huggins
, p. 1239 (1934)
Nickel-Mediated Enantiospecific Silylation via Benzylic C-OMe Bond Cleavage
Balakrishnan, Venkadesh,Murugesan, Vetrivelan,Chindan, Bincy,Rasappan, Ramesh
supporting information, p. 1333 - 1338 (2021/02/20)
Benzylic stereocenters are found in bioactive and drug molecules, as enantiopure benzylic alcohols have been used to build such a stereogenic center, but are limited to the construction of a C-C bond. Silylation of alkyl alcohols has the potential to build bioactive molecules and building blocks; however, the development of such a process is challenging and unknown. Herein, we describe an unprecedented AgF-assisted nickel catalysis in the enantiospecific silylation of benzylic ethers.
Photocontrolled Cobalt Catalysis for Selective Hydroboration of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones
Beltran, Frédéric,Bergamaschi, Enrico,Funes-Ardoiz, Ignacio,Teskey, Christopher J.
supporting information, p. 21176 - 21182 (2020/09/17)
Selectivity between 1,2 and 1,4 addition of a nucleophile to an α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound has classically been modified by the addition of stoichiometric additives to the substrate or reagent to increase their “hard” or “soft” character. Here, we demonstrate a conceptually distinct approach that instead relies on controlling the coordination sphere of a catalyst with visible light. In this way, we bias the reaction down two divergent pathways, giving contrasting products in the catalytic hydroboration of α,β-unsaturated ketones. This includes direct access to previously elusive cyclic enolborates, via 1,4-selective hydroboration, providing a straightforward and stereoselective route to rare syn-aldol products in one-pot. DFT calculations and mechanistic experiments confirm two different mechanisms are operative, underpinning this unusual photocontrolled selectivity switch.
