title: Amino-sugar modular ligands-useful cores for the formation of asymmetric copper 1,4-addition catalysts.
abstract: Modular phosphine ligands, synthesised rapidly from commercial N-acetylglucosamine, are very effective in copper(i)-catalysed 1,4-additions of ZnR(2) to linear aliphatic enones (87-95% ee).
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Paolo Corradini, Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Roma
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ruffo
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Woodward
mesh_terms: D000117:Acetylglucosamine / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D007659:Ketones / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008024:Ligands; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D007659:Ketones; D008024:Ligands; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc; D000117:Acetylglucosamine