Transition metal-catalyzed cyclization of alkynes and carbonyls offers a useful route to cyclic allylic alcohols, but typically uses precious metal catalysts. Here, enantioselective nickel-catalyzed reductive cyclization of N-alkynones gives tertiary allylic alcohols in up to 99:1 er with catalyst loadings of 0.1 mol%
- Guodu Liu
- Wenzhen Fu
- Wenjun Tang
