Construction of Alkylated Stereogenic Centers

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transfer ◽  
Conjugate Addition ◽  
Enantioselective Hydrogenation ◽  
Boronic Acids ◽  
National University ◽  
Cu Catalyst ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Enantioselective Alkylation ◽  
Seoul National University ◽  
The University

Andreas Pfaltz of the University of Basel and Keisuke Suzuki of the Tokyo Institute of Technology showed (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 881) that the iodohydrin of 1 did not interfere with the enantioselective hydrogenation. J. R. Falck of UT Southwestern developed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 2424) a procedure for coupling arene boronic acids with a cyano triflate 3, readily available in high ee from the corresponding aldehyde. Anita R. Maguire of University College Cork devised (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 1184) a Cu catalyst for the enantioselective C-H insertion cyclization of 5 to 6. Jin-Quan Yu of Scripps/La Jolla established (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 460) a complementary enantioselective C-H functionalization protocol, converting the prochiral 7 into 8 in high ee. Xumu Zhang of Rutgers University effected (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 4047) enantioselective branching hydroformylation of 9 to give 10. T. V. RajanBabu of Ohio State University established (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 3295) the enantioselective hydrovinylation of a diene 11 to the diene 12. Gregory C. Fu extended (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 1264, 5010) Ni-mediated cross-coupling, both with alkenyl and aryl nucleophiles, to the racemic bromoketone 13. Hyeung-geun Park and Sang-sup Jew of Seoul National University used (Organic Lett. 2010, 12 , 2826) their asymmetric phase transfer protocol to effect the enantioselective alkylation of the amide 15. Kyung Woon Jung of the University of Southern California showed (J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 95) that the oxidative Pd-mediated Heck coupling of arene boronic acids to 17 could be effected in high ee. Nicolai Cramer of ETH Zurich observed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 5340) high enantioinduction in the cleavage of the prochiral cyclobutanol 19. Alexandre Alexakis of the University of Geneva achieved (Organic Lett. 2010, 12, 1988) the long-sought goal of efficient enantioselective conjugate addition of a Grignard reagent to an unsaturated aldehyde 21. Professor Alexakis also established (Organic Lett. 2010, 12, 2770) conditions for enantioselective conjugate addition to a nitrodiene 23. This procedure worked equally well for β-alkynyl nitroalkenes.

Enantioselective Construction of Alkylated Centers: The Shishido Synthesis of (+)-Helianane

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber
Keyword(s):  
Allylic Alcohol ◽  
National University ◽  
Cu Catalyst ◽  
Rh Catalyst ◽  
Enantioselective Acylation ◽  
Enantioselective Addition ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Enantioselective Alkylation ◽  
Seoul National University ◽  
The University

Teck-Peng Loh of Nanyang Technological University developed (Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 876) a catalyst for the enantioselective addition of an aldehyde to the versatile acceptor 2 to give 3. Kirsten Zeitler of the Universität Regensburg employed (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 951) a complementary strategy for the enantioselective coupling of 4 with 5. Clark R. Landis of the University of Wisconsin devised (Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 164) an Rh catalyst for the enantioselective formylation of the diene 7. Don M. Coltart of Duke University alkylated (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8714) the chiral hydrazone of acetone to give 9, then alkylated again to give, after hydrolysis, the ketone 11 in high ee. Youming Wang and Zhenghong Zhou of Nankai University effected (J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 3872) the enantioselective addition of acetone to the nitroalkene 12. Takeshi Ohkuma of Hokkaido University achieved (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 5541) high ee in the Ru-catalyzed hydrocyanation of 15. Gregory C. Fu, now at the California Institute of Technology, coupled (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8154) the 9-BBN borane 18 with the racemic chloride 17 to give 19 in high ee. Scott McN. Sieburth of Temple University optimized (Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 1787) an Rh catalyst for the enantioselective intramolecular hydrosilylation of 20 to 21. Several general methods have been devised for the enantioselective assembly of quaternary alkylated centers. Sung Ho Kang of KAIST Daejon developed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 1772) a Cu catalyst for the enantioselective acylation of the prochiral diol 22. Hyeung-geun Park of Seoul National University established (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 4924) a phase transfer catalyst for the enantioselective alkylation of 24. Peter R. Schreiner of Justus-Liebig University Giessen found (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 7624) a silicon catalyst that efficiently rearranged the Shi-derived epoxide of 26 to the aldehyde 27. Amir H. Hoveyda of Boston College coupled (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 4778) 28 with the alkynyl Al reagent 29 to give 30 in high ee. Kozo Shishido of the University of Tokushima prepared (Synlett 2011, 1171) 31 by the Mitsunobu coupling of m-cresol with the enantiomerically pure allylic alcohol.

Enantioselective Construction of Alkylated Stereogenic Centers

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transfer ◽  
Enantioselective Hydrogenation ◽  
Gel Chromatography ◽  
Quaternary Centers ◽  
University Of Oxford ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
Enantioselective Alkylation ◽  
Silica Gel Chromatography ◽  
University Of Bristol ◽  
The University

Xiang-Ping Hu and Zhuo Zheng of the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics developed (Organic Lett. 2009, 11, 3226; J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 9191) a family of Rh catalysts for the enantioselective hydrogenation of allylic phosphonates such as 1. Hon Wai Lam of the University of Edinburgh established (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 10386) that an alkenyl heterocycle 3 could be reduced with high ee. The product 4 could be hydrolyzed to the carboxylic acid. Ken Tanaka of the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology showed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 12552) that an isopropenyl amide 6 could be hydroacylated with high ee. Gregory C. Fu of MIT observed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 14231) that nitromethane 9 could be added to the allenyl amide 8 to give 10, the product of γ-bond formation. Robert K. Boeckman Jr. of the University of Rochester devised (Organic Lett. 2009, 11, 4544) what appears to be a general protocol for the construction of alkylated ternary and quaternary centers: enantioselective hydroxymethylation of an aldehyde 11. In another approach to the construction of alkylated quaternary centers, Varinder K. Aggarwal of the University of Bristol demonstrated (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 6289) that an enantiomerically enriched trifluoroborate salt 14 could be added to an aromatic aldehyde 15 with retention of absolute configuration. The salt 14 was prepared from the corresponding high ee secondary benzyl alcohol. Weinreb amides are versatile precursors to a variety of functional groups. Stephen G. Davies of the University of Oxford devised (Organic Lett. 2009, 11, 3254) a chiral Weinreb amide equivalent 17 that could be alkylated with high de. The minor diastereomer from the alkylation was readily separable by silica gel chromatography. Keiji Maruoka of Kyoto University established (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 5014) that a chiral phase transfer catalyst was effective for the enantioselective alkylation of the alkynyl ester 19. Emmanuel Riguet of the Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne developed (Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 4283) an improved catalyst for the enantioselective addition of malonate 22 to cyclohexenone 21.

C–N Ring Construction: The Harrity Synthesis of Quinolizidine (–)-217A

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transfer ◽  
Iron Catalyst ◽  
Free Acid ◽  
Oxidative Cyclization ◽  
Colorado State University ◽  
University Of Tennessee ◽  
National University ◽  
Chiral Bronsted Acid ◽  
Enantioselective Alkylation ◽  
Seoul National University

David M. Jenkins of the University of Tennessee devised (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 19342) an iron catalyst for the aziridination of an alkene 1 with an aryl azide 2. Yoshiji Takemoto of Kyoto University cyclized (Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 6374) the prochiral oxime derivative 4 to the azirine 5 in high ee. Organometallics added to 5 syn to the pendant ester. Hyeung-geun Park of Seoul National University used (Adv. Synth. Catal. 2011, 353, 3313) a chiral phase transfer catalyst to effect the enantioselective alkylation of 6 to 7. Yian Shi of Colorado State University showed (Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 6350) that a chiral Brønsted acid mediated the enantioselective cyclization of 8 to 9. Mattie S.M. Timmer of Victoria University of Wellington and Bridget L. Stocker of Malaghan Institute of Medical Research effected (J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 9611) the oxidative cyclization of 10 to 11. They also showed (Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 4803, not illustrated) that the same cyclization worked well to construct piperidine derivatives. Jose L. Vicario of the Universidad del País Vasco extended (Adv. Synth. Catal. 2011, 353, 3307) organocatalysis to the condensation of 12 with 13 to give the pyrrolidine 14. Jinxing Ye of the East China University of Science and Technology used (Adv. Synth. Catal. 2011, 353, 343) the same Hayashi catalyst to condense 15 with 16 to give 17. André B. Charette of the Université de Montreal expanded (Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 3830) 18, prepared by Petasis-Mannich coupling followed by ring-closing metathesis, to the piperidine 20. Marco Bella of the “Sapienza” University of Roma effected (Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 4546) enantioselective addition of 22 to the prochiral 21 to give 23. Ying-Chun Chen of Sichuan University and Chun-An Fan of Lanzhou University cyclized (Adv. Synth. Catal. 2011, 353, 2721) 24 to 25 in high ee. Andreas Schmid of TU Dortmund showed (Adv. Synth. Catal. 2011, 353, 2501) that ω-laurolactam hydrolases could be used to cyclize the ester 26, but not the free acid, to the macrolactam 27.

Reactions of Alkenes: The RajanBabu Synthesis of Pseudopterosin G-J Aglycone Dimethyl Ether

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber
Keyword(s):  
Medical Center ◽  
Selective Reduction ◽  
Oxidative Cleavage ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
Furman University ◽  
National University ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Seoul National University ◽  
The University ◽  
Medical University

Xiangge Zhou of Sichuan University showed (Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 318) that even the monosubstituted alkene 1 was smoothly converted to the methyl ether 2 by catalytic FeCl3. Brian C. Goess of Furman University protected (J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 4132) the more reactive alkene of 3 as the 9-BBN adduct, allowing selective reduction of the less reactive alkene to give, after reoxidation, the monoreduced 4. Nobukazu Taniguchi of the Fukushima Medical University added (Synlett 2011, 1308) Na p-toluenesulfinate oxidatively to 1 to give the sulfone 5. Krishnacharya G. Akamanchi of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai oxidized (Synlett 2011, 81) 1 directly to the bromo ketone 6. Osmium is used catalytically both to effect dihydroxylation, to prepare 8, and to mediate oxidative cleavage, as in the conversion of 7 to the dialdehyde 9. Ken-ichi Fujita of AIST Tsukuba devised (Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 3137) magnetically retrievable osmium nanoparticles that can be reused repeatedly for the dihydroxylation. B. Moon Kim of Seoul National University established (Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 1363) an extraction scheme that allowed the catalytic Os to be reused repeatedly for the oxidative cleavage. Maurizio Taddei of the Università di Siena showed (Synlett 2011, 199) that aqueous formaldehyde could be used in place of Co/H2 (syngas) for the formylation of 1 to 10. Hirohisa Ohmiya and Masaya Sawamura of Hokkaido University prepared (Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 1086) carboxylic acids (not illustrated) from alkenes using CO2. Joseph M. Ready of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center selectively arylated (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 2111) the homoallylic alcohol 11 to give 12. Many reactions of alkenes are initiated by hydroboration, then conversion of the resulting alkyl borane. Hiroyuki Kusama of the Tokyo Institute of Technology photolyzed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 3716) 14 with 13 to give the ketone 15. William G. Ogilvie of the University of Ottawa added (Synlett 2011, 1113) the 9-BBN adduct from 1 to 16 to give 17. Professors Ohmiya and Sawamura effected (Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 482) a similar conjugate addition, not illustrated, of 9-BBN adducts to α,β-unsaturated acyl imidazoles.

Enantioselective Synthesis of Alcohols and Amines: The Ichikawa Synthesis of (+)-Geranyllinaloisocyanide

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber
Keyword(s):  
Allylic Alcohol ◽  
Florida State University ◽  
State University ◽  
Quaternary Amine ◽  
National University ◽  
Cu Catalyst ◽  
Enantioselective Addition ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Manchester

Shuichi Nakamura of the Nagoya Institute of Technology reduced (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 2249) the α-oxo ester 1 to 2 with high ee. Günter Helmchen of the Universität-Heidelberg optimized (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 2072) the Ir*-catalyzed rearrangement of 3 to the allylic alcohol 4. D. Tyler McQuade of Florida State University effected (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 2410) the enantioselective allylic substitution of 5 to give the secondary allyl boronate, which was then oxidized to 6. Kazuaki Kudo of the University of Tokyo developed (Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 3498) the tandem oxidation of the aldehyde 7 to the α-alkoxy acid 8. Takashi Ooi of Nagoya University prepared (Synlett 2011, 1265) the secondary amine 10 by the enantioselective addition of an aniline to the nitroalkene 9. Yixin Lu of the National University of Singapore assembled (Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 2638) the α-quaternary amine 13 by the addition of the aldehyde 11 to the azodicarboxylate 10. Chan-Mo Yu of Sungkyunkwan University added (Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 3811) the enantiomerically pure 2-borylbutadiene 15 to the aldehyde 14 to give 16 in high ee. Because the allene is readily dragged out to the terminal alkyne, this is also a protocol for the enantioselective homopropargylation of an aldehyde. Lin Pu of the University of Virginia devised (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 2368) a protocol for the enantioselective addition of 17 to the aldehyde 18 to give 19. Xiaoming Feng of Sichuan University developed (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 2573) a Mg catalyst for the enantioselective addition of 21 to the α-oxo ester 20. Tomonori Misaka and Takashi Sugimura of the University of Hyogo added (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 5695) 23 to 24 to give the Z-amide 25 in high ee. Marc L. Snapper and Amir H. Hoveyda of Boston College developed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 3332) a Cu catalyst for the enantioselective allylation of the imine 26. Jonathan Clayden of the University of Manchester effected (Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 5442) the enantioselective rearrangement of the amide 29 to the α-quaternary amine 30.

Metal-Mediated Carbocyclic Construction: The Simpkins Synthesis of Ialibinones A and B

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber
Keyword(s):  
Gold Catalyst ◽  
Conjugate Addition ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Pt Catalyst ◽  
General Strategy ◽  
Ru Catalyst ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Rh Catalyst ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The University

Adriaan J. Minnaard and Ben L. Feringa of the University of Groningen devised (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 14349) what promises to be a general strategy for the construction of enantiomerically pure cyclopropanes, based on conjugate addition to acceptors such as 1 . X. Peter Zhang of the University of South Florida developed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 12796) a Co catalyst for the enantioselective cyclopropanation of α-olefins such as 3. Seiji Iwasa of Toyohashi University of Technology designed (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 8439) a resin-bound Ru catalyst that could be used repeatedly for the enantioselective cyclization of the ester 6. Rai-Shung Lin of National Tsing-Hua University showed (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 9891) that a gold catalyst could expand the alkyne 8 to the cyclobutene 9. Takao Ikariya of the Tokyo Institute of Technology reported (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 16637) a detailed study of the enantioselective conjugate addition of malonate 11 to cyclopentenone 10. Vladimir A. D’yakonov of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, showed (Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 5886) that a cyclic alkyne 13 could be annulated to the cyclopentenone 14. Shunichi Hashimoto of Hokkaido University also designed (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 6979) a resin-bound Rh catalyst that could also be used repeatedly for the enantioselective cyclization of the ester 15. Tushar Kanti Chakraborty of the Central Drug Research Institute used (Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 4425) Ti(III) to mediate the diastereoselective cyclization of 17 to 18. Alexandre Alexakis of the University of Geneva extended (Synlett 2010, 1694) enantioselective conjugate addition of isopropenyl to the more difficult enone 19. Joseph P. A. Harrity of the University of Sheffield showed (Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 4832) that Pd could catalyze the rearrangement of 21 to 22. Strategies for the controlled construction of polycyclic ring systems are also important. Günter Helmchen of the Universität Heidelberg showed (J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 7917) that 23 was efficiently cyclized to the diene with Pt catalyst. The reaction could be carried out in the presence of the dienophile 24 to give 25 directly.

Enantioselective Preparation of Alcohols and Amines:The Suh Synthesis of (-)-Macrosphelide J

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber
Keyword(s):  
Conjugate Addition ◽  
Aliphatic Aldehyde ◽  
Geometric Control ◽  
Cinchona Alkaloid ◽  
University Of Virginia ◽  
Aliphatic Aldehydes ◽  
Salen Complex ◽  
Complementary Approach ◽  
National University ◽  
The University

Keiji Maruoka of Kyoto University (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 3450) and Yujiro Hayashi of the Tokyo University of Science (Chem. Commun. 2009, 3083) independently developed organocatalysts for the enantioselective α-benzoylation of aliphatic aldehydes such as 1. The product 3 can be readily carried on to, inter alia, either enantiomer of the epoxide. Chengjian Zhu of Nanjing University designed (Adv. Synth. Cat. 2009, 351, 920) a chiral salen complex that mediated the enantioselective opening of both cyclohexene oxide (4) and cyclopentene oxide. This reagent combination might also engage just one of the two enantiomers of a racemic cycloalkene epoxide. Lin Pu of the University of Virginia established (Organic Lett. 2009, 11, 2441) a BINOL catalyst for the addition of ethyl propiolate 7 to an aliphatic aldehyde 6 to give the alcohol 8 in high ee. In a complementary approach, Do Hyun Ryu of Sungkyunkwan University found (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 4398) that an oxazaborolidinium salt catalyzed the addition of 7 to 9 to give 10 with high ee and high geometric control. Jianliang Xiao of the University of Liverpool devised (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 6967) an Ir catalyst for the enantioselective reductive amination of a ketone 11 to the amine 13 . Karl B. Hansen, Yi Hsiao. and Feng Xu, then all at Merck/Rahway, showed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 8798) that it was possible to hydrogenate a vinylogous primary amide 14 to the amine 15 with high enantiocontrol. Takashi Ooi of Nagoya University designed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 7242) a chiral P-spiro tetraaminophosphonium catalyst that mediated the enantioselective addition of anilines to nitroalkenes such as 16. The product 18 could be carried on to the 1,2-diamine, or to the α-amino acid. Masahiro Terada of Tohoku University devised (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 2553) a BINOL-derived phosphonic acid to catalyze the enantioselective 1,2-addition of the enamide 20 to the imine derived from 19. Yixin Lu of the National University of Singapore found (Organic Lett. 2009, 11, 1721) that a cinchona alkaloid-derived thiourea effectively catalyzed the enantioselective conjugate addition of nitroalkanes such as 22 to the acceptor 23.

Enantioselective Synthesis of Alkylated Centers: The Fukuyama Synthesis of (–)-Histrionicotoxin

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber
Keyword(s):  
Indian Institute ◽  
Enantioselective Synthesis ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
Dimethyl Malonate ◽  
Co Catalyst ◽  
Cu Catalyst ◽  
Enantioselective Addition ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Enantioselective Alkylation ◽  
Technological University

Vinod K. Singh of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur optimized (Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 6520) an organocatalyst for the enantioselective addition of thiophenol to an imide 1 to give 2 in high ee. Amir H. Hoveyda of Boston College developed (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 7079) a Cu catalyst for the preparation of 4 by the enantioselective hydroboration of a 1,1-disubstituted alkene 3. Yong-Qiang Tu of Lanzhou University effected (Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 1839) enantioselective bromination of the prochiral 5 to give the bromoketone 6. Song Ye of the Institute of Chemistry, Beijing established (Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 8388) the alkylated quaternary center of the dimer 8, by condensing a ketene 7 with CS2. Li Deng of Brandeis University added (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 10565) cyanide in a conjugate sense to an acyl imidazole 9 to give 11. Pier Giorgio Cozzi of the Università di Bologna prepared (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 7842) the thioacetal 14 by condensing 13 with an aldehyde 12, followed by reduction. Takahiro Nishimura and Tamio Hayashi of Kyoto University devised (Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 10142) a Co catalyst for the enantioselective addition of a silyl alkyne 16 to an enone 15 to give the alkynyl ketone 17. Ping Tian and Guo-Qiang Lin of the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry described (Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 10186) improved catalysts for the enantioselective conjugate addition of dimethyl malonate 19 to the nitroalkene 18, to give 20. Keiji Maruoka, also of Kyoto University, established (Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 2311) conditions for the enantioselective addition of an aldehyde 21 to the acceptor 22 to give, after reduction, an alcohol 23 that could readily be cyclized to the lactone. Jianrong (Steve) Zhou of Nanyang Technological University prepared (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 15882) the ester 26 by arylation, under Pd catalysis, of a ketene silyl acetal 24 with the triflate 25. Benjamin List of the Max-Planck-Institut, Mülheim employed (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 9471) a system of three catalysts to effect the enantioselective alkylation of an aldehyde 27 with the allyic alcohol 28 to give 29.

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