Enantioselective cyanation of benzylic C–H bonds via copper-catalyzed radical relay
作者:Wen Zhang、Fei Wang、Scott D. McCann、Dinghai Wang、Pinhong Chen、Shannon S. Stahl、Guosheng Liu
DOI:10.1126/science.aaf7783
日期:2016.9.2
sp3-hybridized carbon–hydrogen [C(sp3)–H] bonds in complex organic molecules could facilitate much more efficient preparation of therapeutics and agrochemicals. Here, we report a copper-catalyzed radical relay pathway for enantioselective conversion of benzylic C–H bonds into benzylic nitriles. Hydrogen-atom abstraction affords an achiral benzylic radical that undergoes asymmetric C(sp3)–CN bond formation upon