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Synfacts 2011(7): 0754-0754  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1260650
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
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Desymmetrization of a Tricarbonylchromium 1,4-Dibromonaphthalene Complex

Contributor(s): Hisashi Yamamoto, Patrick Brady
X. Urbaneja, A. Mercier, C. Besnard, E. P. Kündig*
University of Geneva, Switzerland
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17 June 2011 (online)

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Significance

Chiral arene tricarbonylchromium complexes have found wide use in asymmetric synthesis, and their catalytic asymmetric synthesis remains an important challenge. A variety of boronic acids are tolerated, furnishing the desymmetrized products in high enantioselectivity.