title: Copper-catalyzed enantioselective carbenoid insertion into S-H bonds.
abstract: An asymmetric carbenoid insertion into S-H bonds catalyzed by copper-chiral spiro bisoxazoline complexes has been developed, in which a series of alpha-mercaptoesters were produced in high yields with moderate to good enantioselectivities (up to 85% ee); this result represents the best enantioselectivity in the catalytic asymmetric carbenoid S-H bond insertion reaction.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
authors.forename: Yong-Zhen
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shou-Fei
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Hong-Xiang
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Qi-Lin
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Zhou