Tetrahedron Letters

Organocatalytic diastereoselective dibromination of alkenes

M Zhu, S Lin, GL Zhao, J Sun, A Córdova

Index: Zhu, Mingzhao; Lin, Shuangzheng; Zhao, Gui-Ling; Sun, Junliang; Cordova, Armando Tetrahedron Letters, 2010 , vol. 51, # 20 p. 2708 - 2712

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Abstract

A highly diastereoselective pyrrolidine-promoted dibromination of alkenes by combination of NBS and succinimide is presented. The pyrrolidine-mediated dibromination of alkenes is higly anti-selective and gives the corresponding products in moderate to high yields and up to> 25: 1 dr.