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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 24.
Published in final edited form as: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 May 17;52(26):10.1002/anie.201301815. doi: 10.1002/anie.201301815

Table 1.

Reaction optimization studies.[a]

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Entry Ligand Solvent T[°C] ee[%]
1 L1 THF 25 58
2 L2 THF 25 75
3 L2 p-dioxane 25 84
4 L2 benzene 25 84
5 L3 toluene 25 84
6 L2 toluene 25 85
7 L2 toluene 20 86

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[a]

Conditions cyclobutanone 4l (1.0 equiv), Pd2(pmdba)3 (5 mol%), Ligand (L1L3) (12.5 mol%) in stated solvent (0.033 M) at indicated temperature for 12–48 h. ee determined by chiral SFC. pmdba = 4,4’-dimethoxydibenzylidene acetone.