Organocatalytic synthesis of chiral tetrasubstituted allenes from racemic propargylic alcohols

oleh: Deyun Qian, LinLin Wu, Zhenyang Lin, Jianwei Sun

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-09-01

Deskripsi

Axially chiral allenes that are normally present in natural products, bioactive molecules, organocatalysts, and functional materials are usually produced from propargylic derivatives. Here, the authors show direct use of propargylic alcohols for catalytic asymmetric allene synthesis.