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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 3.
Published in final edited form as: Tetrahedron. 2014 Oct 29;71(22):3666–3670. doi: 10.1016/j.tet.2014.10.065

Table 5.

The effect of WALPHOS substituents under optimized condition in the alkylation reaction.

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Entry Ligand ee
1 N1 60%
2 N2 trace
3 N3 25%
4 N4 25%
5 N5 70%
6 N6
7 N7
8 N8

Conditions: 0.0049 mmol 5, 0.0145 mmol 12, Cu (20 mol %), Ligand (40 mol %), LiOt-Bu (20 mol %), i-Pr2NEt (3 equiv), 0.25 mL CH2Cl2 (0.02 M).

–: Desired product was not observed.