Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 1997 · 73 citations · 34 references
Cross-coupling ReactionNovel OrganocatalystsEngineeringBiochemistryNatural SciencesOrtholithiated NOrganic ChemistryCatalysisStereoselective SynthesisChemistryDiastereoisomeric AtropisomersAsymmetric CatalysisSynthetic ChemistryEnantioselective SynthesisBiomolecular Engineering
The products of the addition of ortholithiated N,N-dialkylnaphthamides to aldehydes are pairs of stable, diastereoisomeric atropisomers, formed with selectivities of up to 90∶10 in favour of the syn-atropisomer.
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