Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

Iridium-catalyzed cascade decarbonylation/highly enantioselective Pauson–Khand-type cyclization reactions

FY Kwong, HW Lee, WH Lam, L Qiu, ASC Chan

Index: Kwong, Fuk Yee; Lee, Hang Wai; Lam, Wai Har; Qiu, Liqin; Chan, Albert S.C. Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 2006 , vol. 17, # 8 p. 1238 - 1252

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Abstract

An easily accessible chiral iridium-BINAP complex can effect the cooperative processes of decarbonylation of an aldehyde and cascaded enantioselective Pauson–Khand-type reaction. A survey of ligands revealed that atropisomeric aryl-diphosphine ligands were ...