Synfacts 2011(2): 0183-0183  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1259337
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
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Enantioselective Synthesis of C 2 and C 1 Dienes

Contributor(s): Mark Lautens, Norman Nicolaus
W. C. Boyd, M. R. Crimmin, L. E. Rosebrugh, J. M. Schomaker, R. G. Bergman*, F. D. Toste*
University of California, Berkeley, USA
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Publication Date:
19 January 2011 (online)

Significance

Chiral dienes represent an important class of ligands for several asymmetric transition-metal-catalyzed transformations. Due to this fact the development of efficient and reliable protocols for the preparation of these ligands is an essential objective. In this communication, the ­authors present an enantioselective synthesis of C 2 and C 1 dienes based on their initial work in the field of stepwise C-H functionalization of alkenes using cobalt dinitrosoalkane complexes (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 3777). The accessible products 5 can be considered as potentially interesting precursors of new chiral diene ligands.