Table 3.
Hydrazone Hydrolysisa
Conditions: 2 (0.06–0.08 mmol), paraformaldehyde (5–8 equiv), Amberlyst 15 (7–10 mg), acetone/H2O (10:1 or 1:1), r.t., 24–48 h (see SI for details) Ar′: 2-MeO-C6H4−
Isolated yield.
Determined by chiral phase HPLC; parentheses indicate ee of parent hydrazine; absolute stereochemistry was assigned by analogy to 2 (see SI).
