Cover Picture: Epoxides as Alkylating Reagents for the Catellani Reaction (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 13/2018)
Graphical Abstract
Epoxides are highly challenging alkylating reagents for the Catellani reaction. In their Communication on page 3444, Q. Zhou and co-workers report a cooperative catalytic system comprising of a PdII/XPhos complex and the potassium salt of 5-norbornene-2-carboxylic acid to enable the use of epoxides as alkylating reagents in the Catellani reaction. The picture shows the key elements of this novel transformation, with representative buildings of Wuhan University in the background. Cover design by Jun Deng, Wuhan University.
Epoxides are highly challenging alkylating reagents for the Catellani reaction. In their Communication on page 3444, Q. Zhou and co-workers report a cooperative catalytic system comprising of a PdII/XPhos complex and the potassium salt of 5-norbornene-2-carboxylic acid to enable the use of epoxides as alkylating reagents in the Catellani reaction. The picture shows the key elements of this novel transformation, with representative buildings of Wuhan University in the background. Cover design by Jun Deng, Wuhan University.
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