CuH-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reduction of α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids to β-Chiral Aldehydes
作者:Yujing Zhou、Jeffrey S. Bandar、Richard Y. Liu、Stephen L. Buchwald
DOI:10.1021/jacs.7b12260
日期:2018.1.17
The copper hydride (CuH)-catalyzed enantioselective reduction of α,β-unsaturatedcarboxylicacids to saturated aldehydes is reported. This protocol provides a new method to access a variety of β-chiral aldehydes in good yields, with high levels of enantioselectivity and broad functional group tolerance. A reaction pathway involving a ketene intermediate is proposed based on preliminary mechanistic