title: Chiral olefin-sulfoxide as ligands for rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition of arylboronic acids to unsaturated esters.
abstract: An efficient rhodium/olefin-sulfoxide catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition of organoboronic acids to various unsaturated esters has been developed, where 2-methoxy-1-naphthyl sulfinyl functionalized olefin ligands have been shown to be highly effective, and are especially applicable to unsaturated methyl esters with up to 99% yield and 91% ee.
authors.affiliation: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China. bswan@dicp.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Dongping
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xincheng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Boshun
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wan