ArticleNature communications2023
Ligand-enabled Ni-catalysed enantioconvergent intermolecular Alkyl-Alkyl cross-coupling between distinct Alkyl halides.
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- Stereoretentive decarbonylative C(spNature · 2026Article
- Nickel-Mediated Radical Capture: Evidence for a Concerted Inner-Sphere Mechanism.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025Article
- Enantioselective Csp3-Csp3 formation by nickel-catalyzed enantioconvergent cross-electrophile alkyl-alkyl coupling of unactivated alkyl halides.Science advances · 2023Article
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Abstract
α-Tertiary aliphatic amides are key elements in organic molecules, which are abundantly present in natural products, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and functional organic materials. Enantioconvergent alkyl-alkyl bond-forming process is one of the most straightforward and efficient, yet highly challenging ways to build such stereogenic carbon centers. Herein, we report an enantioselective alkyl-alkyl cross-coupling between two different alkyl electrophiles to access α-tertiary aliphatic amides. With a newly-developed chiral tridentate ligand, two distinct alkyl halides were successfully cross-coupled together to forge an alkyl-alkyl bond enantioselectively under reductive conditions. Mechanistic investigations reveal that one alkyl halides exclusively undergo oxidative addition with nickel versus in-situ formation of alkyl zinc reagents from the other alkyl halides, rendering formal reductive alkyl-alkyl cross-coupling from easily available alkyl electrophiles without preformation of organometallic reagents.
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