Asymmetric Ring-Opening Reactions of Aza- and Oxa-bicyclic Alkenes with Boronic Acids Using a Palladium/Zinc Co-catalytic System

Wei Zhang, Jingchao Chen*, Guangzhi Zeng, Fan Yang, Jianbin Xu, Weiqing Sun, Madhuri Vikas Shinde, Baomin Fan

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

34 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The asymmetric ring opening reactions of bicyclic alkenes with boronic acids were accomplished by using a highly active palladium/zinc co-catalytic system that was suitable for both azabenzonorbornadienes and oxabenzonorbornadienes, which were transformed to the corresponding chiral hydronaphthalene products in high yields (up to 99%) and high optical purities (up to 98% ee). The reaction protocol is general and mild and displays good functional group tolerance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2641-2647
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Organic Chemistry
Volume82
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Mar 2017
Externally publishedYes

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Asymmetric Ring-Opening Reactions of Aza- and Oxa-bicyclic Alkenes with Boronic Acids Using a Palladium/Zinc Co-catalytic System'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this