Synfacts 2011(2): 0167-0167  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1259262
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart ˙ New York

Design of a New Six-Membered NHC Ligand for Copper-Catalyzed β-Borylation

Contributor(s): Hisashi Yamamoto, Patrick Brady
J. K. Park, H. H. Lackey, M. D. Rexford, K. Kovnir, M. Shatruk, D. T. McQuade*
Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
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Publication History

Publication Date:
19 January 2011 (online)

Significance

The ligand design incorporates a six-membered N-heterocyclic carbene, providing a rigid chiral environment. Both the copper(I) complex and the precursor salt are bench stable solids.