THE ASYMMETRIC KHARASCH REACTION - CATALYTIC ENANTIOSELECTIVE ALLYLICACYLOXYLATION OF OLEFINS WITH CHIRAL COPPER(I) COMPLEXES AND TERT-BUTYL PERBENZOATE
Mb. Andrus et al., THE ASYMMETRIC KHARASCH REACTION - CATALYTIC ENANTIOSELECTIVE ALLYLICACYLOXYLATION OF OLEFINS WITH CHIRAL COPPER(I) COMPLEXES AND TERT-BUTYL PERBENZOATE, Tetrahedron letters, 36(17), 1995, pp. 2945-2948
Olefins were treated with tert-butyl perbenzoate in the presence of ch
iral copper(I) triflate bisoxazoline complexes to give non-racemic all
yl benzoates as products. The yields range from 34 to 62% and the enan
tiomeric excesses from 30 to 81%. A model for the selectivity is propo
sed.