Fig. 5: Mechanistic studies.

a Radical scavenger experiments. b Kinetic studies. The dependence of the reaction rate by varying the Lewis acid additives. c Nonlinear relationship between the optical activity of phosphine ligand L1 and propargylated adduct 3v. d Plausible stereochemical model. TEMPO 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyloxy, BHT butylated hydroxytoluene, 1,4-CHD 1,4-cyclohexadiene.