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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 29.

Asymmetric addition of diethylzinc to aryl and saturated aldehydes under solvent-free conditions.

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entry R yield (%) ee (%)
1 4-C6H4-Me 99 90
2 1-Naphthyl 80 91
3 2-Naphthyl 98 86
4 4-C6H4-Cl 99 85
5 4-C6H4-OMe 98 89
6 c-C6H11 96 88
7 CH2CH2Ph 92 84