Organocatalytic synthesis of chiral tetrasubstituted allenes from racemic propargylic alcohols

Axially chiral allenes that are normally present in natural products, bioactive molecules, organocatalysts, and functional materials are usually produced from propargylic derivatives. Here, the authors show direct use of propargylic alcohols for catalytic asymmetric allene synthesis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Deyun Qian, LinLin Wu, Zhenyang Lin, Jianwei Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00251-x