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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2010 Nov 2;49(45):8370–8374. doi: 10.1002/anie.201005124

Table 1.

Initial examination of various chiral NHC complexes.[a]

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Entry NHC–AgI Ph:Et addition[b] SN2′:SN2[b] e.r.[c]
1 1 >98:2 >98:2 86:14
2 2a >98:2 >98:2 91:9
3 3 >98:2 56:44 89:11
4 4 >98:2 83:17 58:42
[a]

Reactions were performed under N2 atmosphere; >98% conversion in all cases.

[b]

Determined by analysis of 400 MHz 1H NMR spectra of unpurified mixtures.

[c]

Determined by GLC analysis; see the Supporting Information for details.