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. 2021 Jul 29;11(42):26083–26092. doi: 10.1039/d1ra05297g

Screening for solvents for chiral catalyst.

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Entry Solvent Temp (°C) Time (h) Yield (%) of 15aa,b eec (%)
1 DCM Rt 8 87 94.0
2 Toluene Rt 10 90 94.2
3 H2O Rt 24 88 65.2
4 U/CC 2 : 1 Rt 20 87 94.8d
5 U/CC 2 : 1 60 12 90 22.3
a

Yields refer to pure and isolated 15a.

b

The reaction was carried out with 1 mmol of 12a, 13a, 14a and 5 mol% of catalyst 11.

c

Ee was determined by chiral analyses on HPLC.

d

The same results were obtained using 10 mol% of catalyst 11.