CuI/Pd0 Cooperative Dual Catalysis: Tunable Stereoselective Construction of Tetra-Substituted Alkenes.

This paper describes a tunable and stereoselective dual catalytic system that uses copper and palladium reagents. This cooperative silylcupration and palladium-catalyzed allylation readily affords trisubstituted alkenylsilanes. Fine-tuning the reaction conditions allows selective access to one stereoisomer over the other. This new methodology tolerates different substituents on both coupling partners with high levels of stereoselectivity. The one-pot reaction involving a CuI/Pd0 cooperative dual catalyst directly addresses the need to develop more time-efficient and less-wasteful synthetic pathways. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]