Desymmetrization of meso-bisphosphates using copper catalysis and alkylzirconocene nucleophiles

Copper-catalyzed allylic desymmetrizations are, so far, limited to carbocyclic products with two tertiary stereocenters. Here, the authors report a highly enantioselective Cu-catalyzed desymmetrization of meso carbo- and hetero-cyclic bisphosphates to give products with up to three contiguous stereo...

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Main Authors: Reece Jacques, Robert D. C. Pullin, Stephen P. Fletcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07871-x