Palladium‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Four‐Component Carbonylative Dicarbofunctionalization of Internal Alkenes With 1 Atm CO

Y Yang Xi C Chenchen Wang L Linlin Fan Y Yetong Zhang (Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Frontiers Science Center For Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China) W Wei‐Hong Zhu (Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Institute of Fine Chemicals Frontiers Science Center For Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China) J Jingping Qu (Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China) Y Yifeng Chen (Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China)

Abstract

ABSTRACT Transition metal‐catalyzed carbonylation employing CO as a C1 feedstock is fundamental for synthesizing carbonyl compounds in industrial/fine chemical synthesis. Despite the ubiquity of chiral carbonyl motifs in bioactive molecules, general methods for catalytic asymmetric carbonylation under mild conditions remain scarce, hindered by stereocontrol challenges and competing pathways. Current approaches often rely on multistep sequences or restrictive intramolecular strategies. Herein, we report palladium‐catalyzed intermolecular four‐component carbonylative dicarbofunctionalization of internal alkenes, aryl diazonium salts, and nucleophiles under 1 atm CO. This method enables simultaneous control over regio‐, diastereo‐, and enantioselectivity, efficiently constructing congested vicinal stereocenters in acyclic chiral carbonyl scaffolds. Nucleophile modularity affords diverse enantioenriched esters or ketones in high yields and stereoselectivity. The mild conditions prevent racemization of chiral carbonyls, and derivatizations highlight broad synthetic utility.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 65, Issue 10
Published March 02, 2026
ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher Wiley

Journal Info

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Wiley

ISSN: 1433-7851 Physical Sciences

Authors (7)

Y

Yang Xi

C

Chenchen Wang

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Linlin Fan

Y

Yetong Zhang

Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Frontiers Science Center For Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China

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Wei‐Hong Zhu

Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Institute of Fine Chemicals Frontiers Science Center For Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China

J

Jingping Qu

Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China

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Yifeng Chen

Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China