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. 2021 Mar 22;11(19):11606–11609. doi: 10.1039/d1ra00915j

Enantioselective intramolecular Tishchenko reaction of meso-dialdehyde 10a.

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Entry Solvent Base Additive Yieldb (%) Eec (%)
1 CH2Cl2 K2CO3 None 83 78
2 CH3CN K2CO3 None >99 68
3 CH2Cl2 K3PO4 None 87 80
4 CH2Cl2 K2CO3 (PhO)2PO2H 78 91
a

All the reactions were carried out on a 0.15 mmol scale of 10.

b

Isolated yield.

c

Determined by chiral HPLC.