Citation: Tao Jia, Liyuan Chen, Caiyun Fang, Zhibing Dong, Tao Tu. N,N,N-Tridentate anionic ligands enable copper-catalyzed enantioconvergent O- and C-alkylation of alcohols with tertiary halides[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2026, 37(10): 112961. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2026.112961 shu

N,N,N-Tridentate anionic ligands enable copper-catalyzed enantioconvergent O- and C-alkylation of alcohols with tertiary halides

Tao Jia ^{a, b} ,
Liyuan Chen ^b ,
Caiyun Fang ^{b, *,} ,
Zhibing Dong ^{a, *,} ,
Tao Tu ^{b, c, *,}

a.
School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
b.
State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Synthesis and Conversion, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
c.
Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Extreme Environment Functional Materials, Yiwu Research Institute of Fudan University, Yiwu 322000, China

fangcaiyun@fudan.edu.cn

dzb04982@163.com

taotu@fudan.edu.cn

Received Date: 7 April 2026
Revised Date: 12 May 2026
Accepted Date: 18 May 2026
Available Online: 19 May 2026

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