Chiral Cu(II)-catalyzed enantioselective β-borylation of α,β-unsaturated nitriles in water

• Lei Zhu,
• Taku Kitanosono,
• Pengyu Xu and
• Shū Kobayashi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2007–2011, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.217

• substrates were suitable despite being insoluble in water. Keywords: carbon–boron bond formation; catalytic asymmetric synthesis; chiral copper(II) catalysis; β-hydroxy nitriles; Introduction In recent years, optically active organoboranes have attracted considerable attraction as versatile synthons for