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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: Science. 2016 Sep 2;353(6303):1023–1027. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf4434

Fig. 1. Enantioselective methylene C–H activation reactions.

Fig. 1

(A) Desymmetrization of prochiral C(sp3)–H bonds on the two different carbon centers. (B) Two synthetic disconnections. (C) Differentiating methylene C(sp3)–H bond on the same carbon center. DG, directing group; PG, protecting group; OTf, trifluoromethanesulfonate; Ar, aryl group; Ac, acetyl group; Et, ethyl group; Bu, butyl group.