Abstract
Vinyl, aryl, and alkynyl organometallics add to ketones containing a stereogenic sulfoxide. Tertiary alcohols are generated in diastereomerically and enantiomerically pure form. Reductive lithiation converts the sulfoxide into a variety of useful functional groups.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 184-187 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Organic Letters |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 21 2011 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry