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Synfacts 2011(12): 1318-1318  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1289323
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
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Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition

Contributor(s): Hisashi Yamamoto, Kimberly Griffin
X. Feng, B. Wei, J. Yang*, H. Du*
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing and Beijing University of Chemical Technology, P. R. of China
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18 November 2011 (online)

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Significance

In this report, the authors describe their use of chiral olefin-sulfinimide ligands in the conjugate addition to enones. The synthesis of these ligands is relatively easy and allows for diverse structures, rendering them attractive ligands for asymmetric synthesis.