Synthesis of boron- and silicon-containing amino acids through copper-catalysed conjugate additions to dehydroalanine derivatives

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/ejoc.201500362

A copper-based catalytic technique for the regioselective hydroboration and hydrosilylation of dehydroalanine derivatives has been developed. This method introduces synthetically versatile boron and silicon groups, while simultaneously performing a cataly