Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

Axial shielding of Pd(II) complexes enables perfect stereoretention in Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of Csp3 boronic acids

  • Jonathan W. Lehmann,
  • Ian T. Crouch,
  • Daniel J. Blair,
  • Melanie Trobe,
  • Pulin Wang,
  • Junqi Li,
  • Martin D. Burke

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09249-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Despite the progress in C(sp3) cross-coupling reactions, full control over the stereochemistry remains a challenge. Here, the authors show that phosphine-containing axially shielded Pd(II) complexes enable Suzuki-Miyaura cross-couplings of unactivated C(sp3) boronic acids with perfect stereoretention.