Catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition of dialkylzinc reagents to alpha,beta-unsaturated sulfones

Org Biomol Chem. 2010 Jan 7;8(1):47-9. doi: 10.1039/b917269f. Epub 2009 Oct 1.

Abstract

An efficient method is reported for the highly enantioselective copper-catalyzed conjugate addition of dialkylzinc reagents to alpha,beta-unsaturated sulfones using a monodentate phosphoramidite ligand.