Sureshbabu Guduguntla, Valentín Hornillos, R. Tessier
Jan 15, 2016
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Organic letters
Abstract
A highly enantioselective copper/N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed allylic arylation with organolithium compounds is presented. The use of commercial or readily prepared aryllithium reagents in the reaction with allyl bromides affords a variety of chiral diarylvinylmethanes, comprising a privileged structural motif in pharmaceuticals, in high yields with good to excellent regio- and enantioselectivities. The versatility of this new transformation is illustrated in the formal synthesis of the marketed drug tolterodine (Detrol).