posted on 2007-11-22, 00:00authored byMiao Yang, Xumu Zhang, Xiyan Lu
A cationic palladium(II)-catalyzed enantioselective tandem [3 + 2] annulation of 2-acylarylboronic acids with substituted alkynes to yield
optically active 1-indenols was developed in high yields and excellent enantioselectivities.