Catalytic asymmetric alkylation of aryl heteroaryl ketones

Pablo Ortiz, Ana M. Del Hoyo, Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan*

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Abstract

Tertiary diarylmethanols are highly bioactive structural motifs. A new strategy to access chiral tertiary diarylmethanols through copper-catalyzed direct alkylation of (di)(hetero)aryl ketones by using Grignard reagents was developed. The low reactivity and the similarity of the enantiotopic faces of bisaromatic ketones were partially overcome, which resulted in moderate to good yields and enantioselectivities.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)72-76
Number of pages5
JournalEuropean Journal of Organic Chemistry
Volume2015
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2015

Funding

FundersFunder number
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

    Keywords

    • Addition reactions
    • Alcohols
    • Alkylation
    • Asymmetric catalysis
    • Diarylmethanols
    • Synthetic methods

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