Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.132, No.16, 5588-5588, 2010
Highly Diastereoselective Preparation of Homoallylic Alcohols Containing Two Contiguous Quaternary Stereocenters in Acyclic Systems from Simple Terminal Alkynes
The combined carbocupration of terminal alkynes followed by a zinc homologation and further reaction with ketones lead, in a single-pot operation, to the creation of homoallylic alcohols possessing two consecutive quaternary stereocenters with excellent diastereoselectivity.