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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Nov 10;133(48):19483–19497. doi: 10.1021/ja207550t

Table 6.

Substrate Scope of the TMM Reaction of Acylpyrroles with Nitrile Donor 17.

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entry substrate product yield (%) dr ee (%)
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23a
87 >20:1 92
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23b
84 >20:1 94
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23c
80 >20:1 94
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23d
98 >20:1 95
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23e
96 >20:1 94
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23f
100 >20:1 95
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23g
90 > 20:1 97
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23h
63 > 20:1 95
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23i
82 > 20:1 94
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23j
84 > 20:1 94
a

All reactions were performed at 0.2M in toluene with 5% Pd(dba)2, 10% ligand L38, 1.5 equiv 17 and stirred for 3h; yields were combined isolated yields; ee’s were determined by HPLC with a chiral stationary phase column.

b

Reaction performed at 50 °C.