An umpolung strategy to react catalytic enols with nucleophiles
Nucleophiles cannot be directly reacted with enolates due to polarity mismatching. Here, the authors developed an umpolung strategy for the selective synthesis of α-alkoxy carbonyl compounds by reaction of iridium enolates with nucleophilic alcohols promoted by an iodine(III) reagent.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2019-11-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13175-5 |