title: Rhodium(I)/diene-catalyzed addition reactions of arylborons with ketones.
abstract: Rh(I)/diene-catalyzed addition reactions of arylboroxines/arylboronic acids with unactivated ketones to form tertiary alcohols in good to excellent yields are described. By using C(2)-symmetric (3aR,6aR)-3,6-diaryl-1,3a,4,6a-tetrahydropentalenes as ligands, the asymmetric version of such an addition reaction, with up to 68% ee, was also realized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, College of Staten Island and the Graduate Center of the City Unviersity of New York, Staten Island, New York 10314, United States.
authors.forename: Yuan-Xi
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Chun-Hui
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.forename: Qiao-Sheng
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D001897:Boronic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D007659:Ketones / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D012238:Rhodium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D001897:Boronic Acids; D007659:Ketones; D012238:Rhodium