Sunday, July 8, 2012

Direct and highly regioselective and enantioselective allylation of β-diketones

Direct and highly regioselective and enantioselective allylation of β-diketones

Wesley A. Chalifoux, Samuel K. Reznik & James L. Leighton
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v487/n7405/full/nature11189.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20120705

In this work, Leighton's allyl-silane reagent is used to do enantioselective allylation of beta-diketones by means of tethering the allylsilane reagent to the enol form of the beta-diketone.

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