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A Highly Enantio- and Diastereoselective Molybdenum-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation of Cyanoesters
journal contribution
posted on 2011-06-01, 00:00 authored by Barry M. Trost, John R. Miller, Christopher M. HoffmanAn efficient molybdenum-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation (Mo-AAA) of cyanoester nucleophiles is reported. A number of highly functionalized branched cyanoesters containing a quaternary carbon stereocenter with a vicinal tertiary stereocenter are obtained. This method generates a number of functionalized cyanoesters in excellent yield and chemoselectivity in good to excellent diastereoselectivity and enantioselectivity.