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Enantioconvergent Arylation of Racemic Secondary Alcohols to Chiral Tertiary Alcohols Enabled by Nickel/N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis
Cai, Yuan,Shi, Shi-Liang
supporting information, p. 11963 - 11968 (2021/08/20)
The direct upgrading reaction of simple and readily available achiral alcohols via C-H functionalization is an ideal strategy to prepare value-added chiral higher alcohols. Herein, we disclose the first enantioconvergent upgrading reaction of simple racemic secondary alcohols to enantioenriched tertiary alcohols. An N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-nickel catalyst was leveraged to enable this highly efficient formal asymmetric alcohol α-C-H arylation via a dehydrogenation using phenyl triflate as a mild oxidant followed by asymmetric addition of arylboronic esters to the transient ketones. Mechanistic studies and control experiments were conducted to reveal the possible reasons for the exceptional control over chemo- and enantioselectivity.
Improved method for the conversion of pinacolboronic esters into trifluoroborate salts: facile synthesis of chiral secondary and tertiary trifluoroborates
Bagutski, Viktor,Ros, Abel,Aggarwal, Varinder K.
supporting information; experimental part, p. 9956 - 9960 (2010/02/27)
A general method for the preparation of virtually any potassium trifluoroborate salt from the corresponding pinacolboronic ester is reported. Thus, conditions for an azeotropic removal of pinacol from the reaction mixture were found to afford the desired potassium trifluoroborates of sufficient purity (>95%) in nearly quantitative yields irrespective of the nature of the product. The utility of this method is illustrated by the preparation of a broad range of enantioenriched secondary and tertiary potassium trifluoroborates.
