title: Creation of highly congested quaternary centers via Cu-catalyzed conjugate addition of alkenyl alanates to β-substituted cyclic enones.
abstract: Easily prepared alkenylalanates proved to be excellent nucleophiles for the creation of highly congested quaternary centers via copper-catalyzed conjugate addition. In addition, functionalized cis-decaline systems can now be prepared in a simple two-step sequence involving Cu-catalyzed conjugate addition with functionalized alkenylalanates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva 30, quai Ernest Ansermet CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alexakis