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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2018 Feb 19;140(8):3077–3090. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b13776

Table 2.

Stereoselectivity of selected aldol additions.

Entry RC(=O)R′ Lithium alkoxide syn/syn syn/anti Yield (%)
1 PhC(=O)Ha 1:3 1:12 70
2 PhC(=O)Ha 11 >50:1 2:1 82
3 t-BuC(=O)Hb >50:1 >50:1 90
4 t-BuC(=O)Hb 11 >50:1 >50:1 92
5 MeC(=O)CCHb 3:1 >50:1 80
6 MeC(=O)CCHb 11 7:1 >50:1 85
7 i-PrC(=O)Me <5
8 i-PrC(=O)Me 11 <5
a

Literature compound.1b

b

Characterized as described in Supporting Information.