title: Cross-coupling reactions of two different activated alkenes through tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF) promoted deprotonation/activation strategy: a regioselective construction of quaternary carbon centers.
abstract: A novel TBAF-promoted intermolecular crossed-conjugate addition has been developed. For a range of cyclic β-halo-α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, the vinylogous enolates generated by deprotonation at the γ-position preferentially reacted with Michael acceptors at the α-position to deliver cross-coupling products in good yields.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China.
authors.forename: Jing-Li
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yue-Fa
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Gong