title: Enantioselective carbonyl-ene reactions catalyzed by chiral cationic dirhodium(II,III) carboxamidates.
abstract: An enantioselective carbonyl-ene reaction of glyoxylate esters with 1,1-disubstituted alkenes catalyzed by chiral cationic dirhodium(II,III) carboxamidates is described. The paddlewheel dirhodium(II,III) carboxamidates having one open coordination site at each rhodium smoothly catalyze the carbonyl-ene reaction to afford homoallylic alcohol products in good isolated yields with high enantioselectivities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland , College Park, Maryland 20742, United States.
authors.forename: Xichen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiaochen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yuxiao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Doyle