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Published in final edited form as: Tetrahedron. 2009 Aug 22;65(34):3771–6803. doi: 10.1016/j.tet.2009.05.079

Table 2.1.

A selection of esters synthesized.

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Entry	R¹	R²	R³	Cat	ee (%)	Yield (%)
1	Me	Ph	Me	9b	77	87
2	Et	Ph	Me	9b	68	92
3	Me	m-PhO-Ph	Me	9b	74	96
4	Me	4-i-Bu-Ph	Me	9b	77	88
5	Ph	Me	2-t-Bu-Ph	9a	79	87
6	Ph	i-Bu	2-t-Bu-Ph	9a	84	79
7	o-Anisyl	Me	2-t-Bu-Ph	9a	94	78
8	p-Cl-Ph	i-Pr	2-t-Bu-Ph	9a	89	97
9	3-Thienyl	i-Pr	2-t-Bu-Ph	9a	79	94