Ortiz Eliezer, Shezaf Jonathan, Chang Yu-Hsiang, Krische Michael J
University of Texas at Austin, Department of Chemistry, Welch Hall (A5300), 105 E 24 St., Austin, TX 78712, USA.
ACS Catal. 2022 Jul 15;12(14):8164-8174. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02444. Epub 2022 Jun 23.
The use of alkynes as vinylmetal pronucleophiles in intermolecular enantioselective metal-catalyzed carbonyl and imine reductive couplings to form allylic alcohols and amines is surveyed. Related hydrogen auto-transfer processes, wherein alcohols or amines serve dually as reductants and carbonyl or imine proelectrophiles, also are cataloged, as are applications in target-oriented synthesis. These processes represent an emerging alternative to the use of stoichiometric vinylmetal reagents or Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi (NHK) reactions in carbonyl and imine alkenylation.
Nat Commun. 2021-10-7