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Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation (AAA) with alkyl sulfones as nucleophiles

Barry M. Trost, Zhiwei Jiao, Hadi Gholami

2021Chemical Science23 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

A variety of “hard” α-sulfonyl carbanions of aryl, heteroaryl and alkyl sulfones were successfully employed as nucleophiles in palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation with excellent enantioselectivities.

Topics & Concepts

NucleophileCarbanionSulfonylTsuji–Trost reactionPalladiumAlkylAlkylationChemistryArylCatalysisAllylic rearrangementAminationOrganic chemistryMedicinal chemistryAsymmetric Synthesis and CatalysisAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods