M. Asami et al., Enantioselective addition of dialkylzinc to aldehydes catalyzed by (S)-2-(N,N-disubstituted aminomethyl)indoline, TETRAHEDR-A, 9(23), 1998, pp. 4165-4173
Chiral di- or triamines, (S)-2-(N,N-disubstituted aminomethyl)indoline 1a-d
, derived from (S)-indoline-2-carboxylic acid were efficient chiral catalys
ts for the enantioselective addition of dialkylzincs to aldehydes. The best
results were obtained by employing 15 mol% of (S)-2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-y
lmethyl)indoline Ic, and chiral secondary alcohols were obtained in up to 9
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