Pure Appl. Chem., 2002, Vol. 74, No. 1, pp. 151-157
http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac200274010151
Zirconium-catalyzed enantioselective carboalumination of "unactivated" alkenes as a new synthetic tool for asymmetric carboncarbon bond formation
Ei-ichi Negishi and Shouquan Huo
Herbert C. Brown Laboratories of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1393, USA
Abstract:
The discovery, methodological developments, including those for separationpurification of
chiral flexible primary
alcohols, and their applications to the syntheses of some natural products of the titled reaction are discussed.