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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Rev. 2007 May 27;107(6):2503–2545. doi: 10.1021/cr0509556

Table 16.

Asymmetric HDA catalyzed by chiral porphyrin complexes.

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entrya R catalyst
counterion (X)
temp (°C) yield (%) ee (%)
1 Ph Cl −18 85 95
2 Ph BF4 −18 92 88
3 c-hexyl Cl −18 76 88
4 n-hexyl Cl −18 75 92
5 2-furyl Cl −18 70 97
6 (E)-CH=CHPh Cl 0 55 74
7 2-pyridyl Cl −18 70 78
a

The reactions were performed at 2.0M substrate concentration in MTBE.