Straightforward access to chiral diol bidentate ligands: Their efficient enantioselective induction in the addition of diethylzinc to aromatic aldehydes - [2]

Abstract

Enantiopure C 2 -symmetric diol bidentate ligands have been synthesized in a straightforward manner through a three-step reaction with good yields. The synthesized C 2 -symmetric diol bidentate ligands were used in the addition of diethylzinc to various aromatic aldehydes, a general catalytic benchmark reaction, in order to assess their enantioselective induction properties. The enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to 1-naphthaldehyde and 3-chlorobenzaldehyde was achieved with an enantiomeric excess (ee) of up to 98%. All synthesized ligands were also evaluated in the addition of diethyzinc to aromatic aldehydes including an extra metal such as Ti(IV) (up to 99% ee). Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.