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Asymmetric Synthesis of Tertiary Alcohols and Thiols via Nonstabilized Tertiary α-Oxy- and α-Thio-Substituted Organolithium Species

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posted on 2019-08-20, 12:03 authored by AP Pulis, A Varela, C Citti, P Songara, D Leonori, VK Aggarwal
Nonstabilized α‐O‐substituted tertiary organolithium species are difficult to generate, and the α‐S‐substituted analogues are configurationally unstable. We now report that they can both be generated easily and trapped with a range of electrophiles with high enantioselectivity, providing ready access to a range of enantioenriched tertiary alcohols and thiols. The configurational stability of the α‐S‐organolithium species was enhanced by using a less coordinating solvent and short reaction times.

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We thank the University of Manchester (Lectureship to A.P.P.), the EPSRC (EP/I038071/1), and the EPSRC‐funded Bristol Chemical Synthesis Centre for Doctoral Training (EP/G036764/1) for financial support. We also thank Siying Zhong and Ikenna Ndukwe for NMR studies to determine the stereochemistry of compound 9.

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56 (36), pp. 10835-10839

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/Organisation/COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING/Department of Chemistry

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition

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Wiley for Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh)

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1433-7851

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2017

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2019-08-20

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.201706722

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Supporting information and the ORCID identification number(s) for the author(s) of this article can be found under: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201706722.

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