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SUBMITTER: Denmark SE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2756708 | biostudies-other | 2008 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Advanced synthesis & catalysis 20080501 7-8
The enantioselective addition of organolithium reagents to N-anisyl aldimines promoted by chiral bisoxazolines and (-)-sparteine as external ligands is described. This reaction proceeds readily with a wide range of aldimine substrates (aliphatic, aromatic, olefinic) and organolithium nucleophiles (Me, n-Bu, Ph, vinyl) in excellent yields (81-99%) and with high enantioselectivities (up to 95.5:4.5 er). The external ligands can be used in substoichiometric amounts albeit with slightly attenuated e ...[more]