Direct α-alkynylation of unstablized ketone

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Jinglong Chen, jinglong@princeton.edu and Chulbom Lee, cblee@princeton.edu. Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
All carbon quaternary stereocenters, i.e. carbon atoms bearing four different carbon substituents, pose a particular challenge in organic synthesis. Recently, we developed novel reaction for direct alkynylation, which provided straightforward access to alkyn-substituted ketones.