Enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral vinyl arenes through palladium-catalyzed C-H olefination

Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Sep 20;54(76):10706-10709. doi: 10.1039/c8cc05555f.

Abstract

A palladium-catalyzed ketoxime-chelation-assisted enantioselective C-H olefination of 2-arylcyclohex-2-enone oxime ether with a wide range of olefins as coupling partners was developed. Employing ketoxime ether as an efficient directing group, a variety of axially chiral vinyl arenes was synthesized by Pd(ii)-catalyzed C-H functionalization with excellent enantioselectivities (96 → 99% ee) under mild conditions.