Practically Perfect Asymmetric Autocatalysis with (2-Alkynyl-5-pyrimidyl)alkanols
- 1 March 1999
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English
- Vol. 38 (5) , 659-661
- https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19990301)38:5<659::aid-anie659>3.0.co;2-p
Abstract
Extremely high enantioselectivity (>99.5% ee) and chemical yield (>99%) are achieved in an asymmetric autocatalytic reaction. A (5‐pyrimidyl)alkanol with a tert‐butylethynyl group at its 2‐position (1) is a very efficient asymmetric autocatalyst in the enantioselective alkylation in Equation (1).Keywords
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