Quaternary carbon

A quaternary carbon is a carbon atom bound to four other carbon atoms.[1] For this reason, quaternary carbon atoms are found only in hydrocarbons having at least five carbon atoms. Quaternary carbon atoms can occur in branched alkanes, but not in linear alkanes.[2]

primary carbon secondary carbon tertiary carbon quaternary carbon
General structure
(R = Organyl group)
Partial
Structural formula
quaternary carbon
Structural formula of neopentane (quaternary carbon is highlighted red)

Synthesis

The formation of chiral quaternary carbon centers has been a synthetic challenge. Chemists have developed asymmetric Diels–Alder reactions,[3] Heck reaction, Enyne cyclization, cycloaddition reactions,[4] C–H activation, Allylic substitution, [5] Pauson–Khand reaction, [6] etc. to construct asymmetric quaternary carbons.

References
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  5. Feng C, Kobayashi Y (2013). "Allylic Substitution for Construction of a Chiral Quaternary Carbon Possessing an Aryl Group". J. Org. Chem. doi:10.1021/jo400248y.
  6. Ishizaki, M.; Niimi, Y.; Hoshino, O.; Hara, H.; Takahashi, T. Tetrahedron Volume 2001, Issue 61, Pages 4053–4065
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