Papa was a rollin' ketone: Arylation of ketones with preservation of the chirality in configurationally unstable α-chiral ketones has been achieved by the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction between tosylhydrazones and aryl halides (see scheme; Boc=tert-butoxycarbonyl, Ts=4-toluenesulfonyl). The regioselectivity in the β-hydride elimination step is key for the retention of configuration.
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