title: Rhodium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Isomerization of Secondary Allylic Alcohols.
abstract: The first catalytic enantioselective isomerization of secondary allylic alcohols to access ketones with a α-tertiary stereocenter is presented. The racemic allylic alcohol substrates can be converted to the enantioenriched ketone products in a stereoconvergent fashion. The use of commercially available catalysts and mild reaction conditions makes this an attractive method in stereoselective synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore , 3 Science Drive 3, Republic of Singapore 117543.
authors.forename: Tang-Lin
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore , 3 Science Drive 3, Republic of Singapore 117543.
authors.forename: Teng Wei
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore , 3 Science Drive 3, Republic of Singapore 117543.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2944-1315
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao