Copper(I)-mediated anti-SN2’ Allylic Substitution Reactions with Diorganozinc Reagents
This work has been focused on the use of copper(I)-mediated anti-SN2’ allylic substitution reactions with non directing leaving groups. This proved to be a general and highly reliable method for the preparation of new chiral stereogenic centers in high enantioselectivity. Moreover a particular effort was made to apply this method to more complex systems, and compounds like alcohols, amines, alkenylsilanes or unsaturated nitriles could be successfully prepared in their enantiomerically enriched form.