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 | 
All the reactions were carried out on a 0.15 mmol scale of 10.
Isolated yield.
Determined by chiral HPLC.