Development and applications of copper(I) hydride catalysis in asymmetric reactions and heterocycle synthesis

Chapter 2. Enantioselective CuH-Catalyzed Hydroacylation Employing Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids as Aldehyde Surrogates The direct asymmetric copper hydride (CuH)-catalyzed coupling of [alpha],[beta]-unsaturated carboxylic acids to aryl alkenes is developed to access chiral [alpha]-aryl dialkyl ketones. A variety of substrate substitution patterns, sensitive functional groups and heterocycles are tolerated in this reaction, which significantly expands the range of accessible products compared to existing hydroacylation methodology. Although mechanistic studies are ongoing, we propose that CuH-catalyzed silylation of unsaturated acids occurs to access a uniquely effective acyl electrophilic coupling partner. Chapter 3. CuH-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reduction of [alpha],[beta]-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids to [beta]-Chiral Aldehydes The copper hydride (CuH)-catalyzed enantioselective reduction of [alpha],[beta]-unsaturated carboxylic acids to saturated aldehydes is reported.

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Doctoral

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2021

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• Zhou, Yujing,Ph. D.Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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• Stephen L. Buchwald.

• Chemistry.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/130831

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