Daria E. Kim, Yingchuan Zhu and Timothy R. Newhouse
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019,17, 1796-1799
DOI:
10.1039/C8OB02573H,
Communication
An alternative protocol for the B-alkyl Suzuki–Miyaura reaction to produce cyclic α,β-disubstituted enones is reported. The use of β-triflyl enones as coupling partners in lieu of their halogenated analogs provides enhanced substrate stability to light and chromatography without adversely affecting reactivity. This protocol allows efficient access to the synthetically challenging α,β-disubstituted enone motif under mild conditions.
