title: Unprecedented copper(I) bifluoride complexes: synthesis, characterization and reactivity.
abstract: To be or not to bifluoride: Two synthetic pathways to unprecedented N-heterocyclic carbene copper(I) bifluoride complexes have been developed. Catalytic tests demonstrated that copper(I) bifluorides are very efficient catalysts, which do not require any additional activating agent. The first Cu-catalyzed diastereoselective allylation of (R)-N-tert-butanesulfinyl aldimines was also established. The method enables efficient, simple and general synthesis of enantiomerically enriched homoallylic amines at room temperature in high yields.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Molecules, Solids and Reactivity (IMCN/MOST), Université Catholique de Louvain, Place Louis Pasteur 1, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vergote
authors.forename: Fady
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nahra
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Welle
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luhmer
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wouters
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mager
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Riant
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Leyssens