Iridium-catalyzed regio- and enantioselective allylic esterification of secondary allylic alcohols with carboxylic acids

Chem Commun (Camb). 2021 Oct 21;57(84):11080-11083. doi: 10.1039/d1cc04861a.

Abstract

We report herein an iridium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic esterification of racemic secondary allylic alcohols using free carboxylic acids as nucleophiles under mild conditions with broad functional group tolerance, exhibiting excellent regio- and enantioselectivity .