Department of Organic and Molecular Inorganic Chemistry, Stratingh Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
Abstract:
The rhodium-phosphoramidite-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate addition of arylboronic acids to enones proceeds at room temperature using [Rh(OH)(cod)]2 or [RhCl(cod)]2/KOH as stable and readily available catalyst precursors.