Iridium/Copper Co-catalyzed Anti-Stereoselective Ring Opening of Oxabenzonorbornadienes with Grignard Reagents

G Cheng, W Yang, Y Li, D Yang

Index: Yang, Dingqiao; Hu, Ping; Long, Yuhua; Wu, Yujuan; Zeng, Heping; Wang, Hui; Zuo, Xiongjun Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2009 , vol. 5, art. no. 53

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Abstract

Cooperative catalysis has been widely considered as one of the most powerful strategies to improve synthetic efficiency. A new iridium/copper cocatalyst was developed for the ring- opening reaction of oxabenzonorbornadienes with a wide variety of Grignard reagents,