Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition of arylboronic acids to nitroalkenes using olefin-sulfoxide ligands

J Org Chem. 2012 Apr 6;77(7):3071-81. doi: 10.1021/jo3003562. Epub 2012 Mar 27.

Abstract

An efficient rhodium/olefin-sulfoxide catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition of organoboronic acids to a variety of nitroalkenes has been developed, where 2-methoxy-1-naphthyl sulfinyl functionalized olefin ligands have shown to be highly effective and are applicable to a broad scope of aryl, alkyl, and heteroaryl nitroalkenes.