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6669893 
Journal Article 
Enantio- and Diastereoselective Hydrofluorination of Enals by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis 
Wang, L; Jiang, X; Chen, J; Huang, Y; , 
2019 
Yes 
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)
ISSN: 1433-7851
EISSN: 1521-3773 
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH 
WEINHEIM 
7410-7414 
30942950 
WOS:000474803100040 
In contrast to well-established asymmetric hydrogenation reactions, enantioselective protonation is an orthogonal approach for creating highly valuable methine chiral centers under redox-neutral conditions. Reported here is the highly enantio- and diastereoselective hydrofluorination of enals by an asymmetric beta -protonation/alpha -fluorination cascade catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs). The two nucleophilic sites of a homoenolate intermediate, generated from enals and an NHC, are sequentially protonated and fluorinated. The results show that controlling the relative rates of protonation, fluorination, and esterification is crucial for this transformation, and can be accomplished using a dual shuttling strategy. Structurally diverse carboxylic acid derivatives with two contiguous chiral centers are prepared in a single step with excellent d.r. and eevalues.