Highly Diastereo‐ and Enantioselective Copper‐Catalyzed Domino Reduction/Aldol Reaction of Ketones with Methyl Acrylate

Abstract

A good choice: A new catalytic method was found for the construction of stereogenic quaternary carbon centers through a copper-catalyzed domino conjugated reduction/aldol reaction of methyl acrylate with various alkyl aryl ketones. The proper choice of the chiral diphosphine ligand leads to high chemo-, diastereo-, and enantioselectivity.