C. Cardellicchio et al., Use of readily available chiral compounds related to the Betti base in theenantioselective addition of diethylzinc to aryl aldehydes, TETRAHEDRON, 55(51), 1999, pp. 14685-14692
Readily available members of the family of chiral non-racemic aminonaphthol
s related to the Betti base 1 were tested as complexing agents in the catal
ytic enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to aryl aldehydes. The use of
these bases gave high ee values (up to >99%). The highest ee values were o
btained with the tertiary aminonaphthol 2. An important role was played by
the solvent. The effect of the nature and the position of the substituents
on the aromatic ring of the aldehyde was also investigated. (C) 1999 Elsevi
er Science Ltd. All rights reserved.