title: Taming living carbocations in catalytic direct conjugate addition of simple alkenes to α,β-enones.
abstract: A Lewis acid in the presence of an anionic phosphate ligand enables the addition of alkenes to α,β-enones. The ligand facilitates selective β-proton elimination by suppressing competing pathways, thus leading to vinylation adducts in high yields (up to 99 %) for a broad range of substrates.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Recognition and Function, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 (P.R. China); Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, 300071 (P.R. China).
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Xingren
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Sanzhong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luo
keywords: alkenes; anionic ligands; iron; vinylation