Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.133, No.41, 16440-16443, 2011
Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Desymmetrization of Silacyclobutanes: Construction of Silacycles Possessing a Tetraorganosilicon Stereocenter
A palladium-catalyzed desymmetrization of alkyne-tethered silacyclobutanes to give silacycles possessing a tetraorganosilicon stereocenter has been developed, and high chemo- and enantioselectivities have been achieved by the use of a newly synthesized chiral phosphoramidite ligand.