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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 16.
Published in final edited form as: Chemistry. 2012 Oct 23;18(51):10.1002/chem.201202085. doi: 10.1002/chem.201202085

Table 9.

Optimization of Methyl Propiolate Addition to Octanal.

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entry X/Y conditions yield[a] ee[b]

1 2.8/2.95 - 62% 92%
2 1.5/1.5 - 37% 86%
3 1.5/1.5 20 mol %
TPPO
35% 90%
4 1.2/1.5 - 42% 91%
5 2.8/2.95
(Et2Zn)
4 h alkyne
premix
60% 70%
6 1.2/1.5 20 mol %
(S,S)-1
57% 90%
7 2.8/2.95 20 mol %
(S,S)-1
72% 87%
[a]

All reactions were run on a 0.325 mmol scale. Isolated yield.

[b]

Enantiomeric excess determined by chiral HPLC analysis.