Rl. Knight et Fj. Leeper, COMPARISON OF CHIRAL THIAZOLIUM AND TRIAZOLIUM SALTS AS ASYMMETRIC CATALYSTS FOR THE BENZOIN CONDENSATION, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I (Print), (12), 1998, pp. 1891-1893
Chiral bicyclic 1,2,4-triazolium salts having a defined face of the he
terocyclic ring hindered have been synthesised and they catalyse the b
enzoin condensation in good yield;:the enantiomeric excesses obtained
(up to 80%) are much better than with closely related thiazolium salts
and the opposite enantiomer of benzoin predominates.