Progress in Enantioselective Cu(I)-catalyzed Formation of Stereogenic Centers

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Harutyunyan, Syuzanna R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, 58
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Organometallic chemistry.; Physical chemistry.; Catalysis.; Organometallic Chemistry.; Physical Chemistry.

The series Topics in Organometallic Chemistry presents critical overviews of research results in organometallic chemistry. As our understanding of organometallic structure, properties and mechanisms increases, new ways are opened for the design of organometallic compounds and reactions tailored to t...

Table of Contents:

• Asymmetric allylic substitution using organolithium reagents
• 1,2- Versus 1,4- asymmetric addition of Grignard reagents to ketones and aldehydes
• Asymmetric addition of soft carbon nucleophiles
• Asymmetric addition of silicon and boron nucleophiles
• Asymmetric cycloaddition and cascade addition-cyclisation reactions
• 1,2- Versus 1,4-asymmetric reduction of ketones
• Generating quaternary stereogenic centers via asymmetric conjugate addition.