A Computational Investigation of the Ligand-Controlled Cu-Catalyzed Site-Selective Propargylation and Allenylation of Carbonyl Compounds.
Yike ZouOsvaldo GutierrezAvery C SaderNitinchandra D PatelDaniel R FandrickCarl A BusaccaKeith R FandrickMarisa C KozlowskiChris H SenanayakePublished in: Organic letters (2017)
A copper-catalyzed site-selective propargylation/allenylation reaction toward carbonyl compounds has been mechanistically investigated using a computational approach. Different reaction pathways and catalytic cycles were investigated. Control of the site selectivity arises from a destabilizing interaction introduced by the phenyl-substituted ligand.