Palladium-catalyzed enantioselective allylic alkylations through C-H activation

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/anie.201207870

A new ligand class: The title reaction was made possible by the discovery of a new class of phosphoramidite ligands. A variety of sterically and electronically diverse allylarenes undergo reaction with 2-acetyl-1-tetralones to form quaternary carbon stereocenters. This is a conceptually and mechanistically distinct strategy from traditional methods for the synthesis of enantioenriched allylic substitution products. 2,6-DMBQ=2,6- dimethylbenzoquinone. Copyright