1. School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK;2. Organische Chemie, Universit?t Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany;3. http://www.cf.ac.uk/chemy/wirth(+44)?29‐2087‐6968
Abstract:
A stereoselective hypervalent iodine‐promoted oxidative rearrangement of 1,1‐disubstituted alkenes has been developed. This practically simple protocol provides access to enantioenriched α‐arylated ketones without the use of transition metals from readily accessible alkenes.