title: Design of a combinational magnesium catalyst for the stereocontrolled cross reaction of enones.
abstract: The first stereocontrolled cross reaction of enones has been realized. A novel combinational magnesium catalyst was designed to address the enantioselectivity problem between reaction partners with an intermolecular symmetric structure and bearing identical functional groups. This new catalytic strategy was proven to be effective to introduce high levels of enantioselectivity in the cross reaction of enones.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 (P. R. China).
authors.forename: Dongxu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Linqing
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Fengxia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Depeng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: cyclization; enantioselectivity; intermolecular symmetric structure; magnesium catalysts; site specific selectivity