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  • Modular amino acids-based chiral ligands for copper-catalyzed enantioselective conjugation addition of diethylzinc to cyclic enones.

Modular amino acids-based chiral ligands for copper-catalyzed enantioselective conjugation addition of diethylzinc to cyclic enones.

Chirality (2010-06-16)
Shaohua Gou, Zaher M A Judeh
ABSTRACT

New amino acid-based modular chiral ligands were readily synthesized and used to catalyze the asymmetric conjugate addition of Et(2) Zn to various cyclic enones in the presence of a variety of copper sources. Moderately high ee of up to 72% were obtained using ligand (S)-1e under mild conditions.

MATERIALS
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Product Description

Sigma-Aldrich
Diethylzinc solution, 1.0 M in hexanes
Sigma-Aldrich
Diethylzinc, ≥52 wt. % Zn basis
Sigma-Aldrich
Diethylzinc solution, 1.0 M in heptane
Sigma-Aldrich
Diethylzinc solution, 15 wt. % in toluene
Sigma-Aldrich
Diethylzinc, packaged for use in deposition systems