Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Intermolecular selective carboacylation of alkenes via nickel-catalyzed reductive radical relay

  • Xian Zhao,
  • Hai-Yong Tu,
  • Lei Guo,
  • Shengqing Zhu,
  • Feng-Ling Qing,
  • Lingling Chu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05951-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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To date the carboacylation of alkenes has been reported only in single- and two-component methodologies. Here, the authors report a three-component nickel-catalyzed carboacylation of olefins which enables the rapid construction of ketones with high levels of complexity and diversity.