Oxidative Heck couplings have been successfully developed for 2,2-disubstituted cyclopentene-1,3-diones. The direct coupling onto the 2,2-disubstituted cyclopentene-1,3-dione core provides a novel expedient way of enantioselectively desymmetrising all-carbon quaternary centres.
S. E. Walker, C. J. C. Lamb, N. A. Beattie, P. Nikodemiak and A.-L. Lee, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 4089 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC00407A
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