Zhichao Jin, Shaojin Chen, Yuhuang Wang, Pengcheng Zheng, Song Yang, Yonggui Robin Chi
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 2014 Dec 1The first NHC-catalyzed functionalization of carboxylic anhydrides is described. In this reaction, the β carbon behaves as a nucleophilic carbon and undergoes asymmetric reactions with electrophiles. Anhydrides with challenging β-alkyl substituents work effectively. © 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Zhichao Jin, Shaojin Chen, Yuhuang Wang, Pengcheng Zheng, Song Yang, Yonggui Robin Chi. β-Functionalization of carboxylic anhydrides with β-alkyl substituents through carbene organocatalysis. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English). 2014 Dec 1;53(49):13506-9
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