Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Allyl-Allyl Cross-Coupling of Racemic Allylic Alcohols with Allylboronates

Org Lett. 2018 Dec 21;20(24):8035-8038. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b03627. Epub 2018 Dec 3.

Abstract

Carreira's iridium-(P, olefin) phosphoramidite-based catalytic system that allows asymmetric allyl-allylboronate cross-coupling with high enantioselectivity is reported. This transformation tolerates a large variety of racemic branched allylic alcohols and allylboronate substrates. The utility of the coupling is demonstrated in a concise catalytic asymmetric synthesis of (-)-preclamol.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't