Synthesis and application of 3‐substituted (S)‐BINOL as chiral ligands for the asymmetric ethylation of aldehydes |
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Authors: | Zhi‐Guang Zhang Zhi‐Bing Dong Jin‐Shan Li |
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Affiliation: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Elemento‐Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China;2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, People's Republic of China |
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Abstract: | A series of (S)‐BINOL ligands substituted at the 3 position with some five‐membered nitrogen‐containing aromatic heterocycles were effectively prepared and their catalytic abilities were evaluated in the asymmetric addition of diethylzinc to benzaldehyde in the presence of titanium tetraisopropoxide. Under the optimized reaction conditions, titanium complex of (S)‐3‐(1H‐benzimidazol‐1‐yl)‐1,1′‐bi‐2‐naphthol was found to be the most efficient catalyst for asymmetric ethylation of various aldehydes to generate the corresponding secondary alcohols in up to 99% yield and 91% ee. Chirality, 2010. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. |
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Keywords: | BINOL titanium nitrogen‐containing aromatic heterocycle asymmetric addition |
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