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Enantioselective hydride abstraction in organic substrates: future applications for chiral carbenium ions
Published:
11 September 2000
by MDPI
in The 4th International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry
session General Organic Synthesis
Abstract: Oxidation reactions are at the core of asymmetric chemistry. It is therefore surprising, in view of the potential applications, not to find any instances of the notion of using a "chiral cation" to distinguish between a pair of prochiral hydrides during hydride transfer [H-T]. To the best of our knowledge, there are none. Yet, the converse concept of using a "chiral anion" to distinguish between a pair of prochiral protons during a deprotonation has led to significant advancements in the field of asymmetric synthesis.[1] This letter describes the first example of an enantioselective [HT]
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