Zn(salen)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Phenyl Transfer to Aldehydes and Ketones with Organozinc Reagent
Keisuke Shimizu, Hidenori Uetsu, Takashi Gotanda, Katsuji Ito*
*Department of Chemistry, Fukuoka University of Education,
Akama, Munakata, Fukuoka, 811-4192, Japan, Email: itokat
fukuoka-edu.ac.jp
K. Shimizu, H. Uetsu, T. Gotanda, K. Ito, Synlett, 2015, 26, 1238-1242.
Abstract
A chiral zinc complex of salen is an efficient catalyst for the phenyl transfer from an organozinc reagent to aromatic aldehydes and acetophenones with high enantioselectivities.
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Key Words
Zn(salen) complex, asymmetric catalysis, phenyl transfer, aldehydes, ketones, diarylmethanol, 1,2-addition
ID: J60-Y2015
