The first copper‐catalyzed enantioselective allylboration of alkynes is reported. The method employs a multitasking chiral NHC‐Cu catalyst and provides access to densely functionalized molecules from simple starting materials with excellent levels of chemo‐, regio‐, and enantioselectivity. These multifunctional products display highly versatile reactivity as shown by the synthesis of a variety of non‐racemic molecular scaffolds. DFT calculations were conducted to gain insight into the high selectivity levels of this catalytic process.
The first copper-catalyzed enantioselective allylboration of alkynes is reported. The method employs am ultitasking chiral NHC-Cu catalyst and provides access to densely functionalizedm olecules from simple starting materials with excellent levels of chemo-, regio-, and enantioselectivity.These multifunctional products displayh ighly versatile reactivity as shown by the synthesis of av ariety of non-racemic molecular scaffolds.DFT calculations were conducted to gain insight into the high selectivity levels of this catalytic process. Supportinginformation and the ORCID identification number(s) for the author(s) of this article can be found under: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201910707. Angewandte Chemie Communications Angewandte Chemie Communications
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