The synthesis of an all-carbon quaternary stereocentre in an acyclic system is reported; the chemical transformation involves the formation of two new stereogenic centres—including the challenging all-carbon quaternary one in an aldol adduct—via a combined carbometalation–oxidation reaction, giving a stereodefined trisubstituted enolate.
- Yury Minko
- Morgane Pasco
- Ilan Marek
