title: Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Organoboron Reagents to Common Enones Using Copper Catalysts.
abstract: Copper complexes of phosphoramidites efficiently catalyzed asymmetric addition of arylboron reagents to acyclic enones. Importantly, rare 1,4-insertion of arylcopper(I) was identified which led directly to O-bound copper enolates. The new mechanism is fundamentally different from classical oxidative addition/reductive elimination of organocopper(I) on enones.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University , 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371.
authors.forename: Chunlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: College of Science, Sichuan Agricultural University , Ya'an, Sichuan, China 625014.
authors.forename: Guizhou
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University , 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371.
authors.forename: Christian Duc-Trieu
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University , 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University , 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371.
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirao
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University , 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371.
authors.forename: Jianrong Steve
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Zhou