A Catalytic Aldol Reaction and Condensation through In Situ Boron “Ate” Complex Enolate Generation in Water

…, C Grosjean, LGF Patrick, CA Smethurst…

Index: Aelvoet, Karel; Batsanov, Andrei S.; Blatch, Alexandrea J.; Grosjean, Christophe; Patrick, Leonard G. F.; Smethurst, Christian A.; Whiting, Andrew Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2008 , vol. 47, # 4 p. 768 - 770

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Abstract

The development of new catalytic processes for CÀC bond formation that can either be carried out in water or are water tolerant is an important goal in the pursuit of environmentally benign chemical synthesis.[1] Of the water-tolerant catalytic CÀC bond- forming reactions known, there are several examples of catalytic aldol reactions;[2] however, very few of these are mediated by boron enolates.[3] Indeed, the in situ generation of ...