Fig. 1
From: Desymmetrization of meso-bisphosphates using copper catalysis and alkylzirconocene nucleophiles

Copper-catalyzed desymmetrizations. a Previous Cu-catalyzed desymmetrizations of meso-cyclic substrates using unfunctionalized nucleophiles. b This work, using Cu-AAA and hydrozirconated alkenes to desymmetrize a wide array of meso-cyclic bisphosphates