ChemInform Abstract: Highly Enantioselective Copper(I)-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition of 1,3-Diynes to α,β-Unsaturated Trifluoromethyl Ketones.
Abstract
The conjugate diynylation of α,β-saturated trifluoromethyl ketones is carried out at low catalytic loading (2.5 mol% for aryl substituents) of a copper(I)—MeO-BIPHEP complex, triethylamine and a terminal 1,3-diyne.