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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 17.
Published in final edited form as: Org Lett. 2012 Feb 9;14(4):1110–1113. doi: 10.1021/ol3000298

Table 3.

Cleavage of the redox auxiliary.a

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entry NucH yieldb dr
1c H2O 52%c >10:1
2c MeOH 86% c >10:1
3 i-PrOH 88% >10:1
4 t-BuOH 0% n.d.
5 t-BuSH 99% >10:1
6d BnNH2 98% >10:1
7d pyrrolidine 75% >10:1
a

Unless otherwise noted, cleavage of the imidazolium group was conducted using an excess of the nucleophile and 3.5 equiv of DBU in CH2Cl2.

b

Isolated yields.

c

Cleavage conducted in Et2O.

d

No DBU added.