Enantioselective α-Arylation of O-Carbamates via Sparteine-Mediated Lithiation and Negishi Cross-Coupling.

A general and highly enantioselective arylation of carbamates derived from primary alcohols was developed by combining Hoppe's sparteine-mediated asymmetric lithiation with Negishi cross-coupling. Coupled with Aggarwal's lithiation-borylation sequence, the current method provides a short and divergent access to a variety of enantioenriched secondary and tertiary benzylic alcohols. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]