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Dietrich Böse1, Scott E Denmark1
1University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Chemistry, 600 S Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Abstract:
The development of catalytic, enantioselective halofunctionalizations of unactivated alkenes has made significant progress in recent years. However, the identification of generally applicable catalysts for wide range of substrates has yet to be realized. A detailed understanding of the reaction mechanism is essential to guide the formulation of a truly general catalyst. Herein, we present our investigations on the enantiodetermining step of a Lewis base catalyzed bromocycloetherification that provides important insights and design criteria.
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