Table 4.

Synthesis of enantiomerically enriched 1-aryl-1H-indenes [36].

entry	R1	R2	Ar	yield (%)	ee (%)
1	Me	Me	Ph	95	90
2	Me	Me	4-Cl-C6H4	91	90
3	Me	Me	3-Cl-C6H4	88	91
4	Me	Me	4-Me-C6H4	94	93
5	Me	Me	2-MeO-C6H4	60	24
6	Me	Me	3-MeO-C6H4	91	93
7	Me	Me	4-MeO-C6H4	90	96
8	Me	Me	3,4-(CH2O2)-C6H3	76	93
9	Me	Me	4-(4-MeO-C6H4)-C6H4	91	97
10	Me	Me	3-BnO-C6H4	90	94
11	Ph	Me	4-MeO-C6H4	99	92
12	Ph	4-MeO-C6H4	4-MeO-C6H4	79	90
13	Ph	4-MeO-C6H4	3,4-(CH2O2)-C6H3	81	90
14	Me	Et	4-MeO-C6H4	99	93
15	H	Me	4-MeO-C6H4	60	90