Highly enantioselective copper(I)-catalyzed conjugate addition of 1,3-diynes to a,b-unsaturated trifluoromethyl ketones

[EN] The conjugate diynylation of a,b-unsaturated trifluoromethyl ketones is carried out in the presence of a low catalytic load (2.5 mol%) of a copper(I)–MeOBIPHEP complex, triethylamine and a terminal 1,3-diyne. Pre-metalation of the terminal 1,3-diyne with stoichiometric or higher amounts of dialkylzinc reagent is not required. The corresponding internal diynes bearing a propargylic stereogenic center are obtained with good yields and excellent enantioselectivities.Financial support from the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO-Gobierno de Espana) and FEDER (EU) (CTQ2013-47494-P) and from Generalitat Valenciana (ISIC2012/001) is gratefully acknowledged. A.S.-M. thanks the MINECO for a predoctoral grant (FPI program). Access to NMR and MS facilities from the Servei Central de Suport a la Investigacio Experimental (SCSIE)-UV is also acknowledged.Sanz-Marco, A.; Blay, G.; Muñoz Roca, MDC.; Pedro, J. (2015). 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