Concepedia

Asymmetric Induction by Helical Hydrocarbons: [6]- and [5]Helicenes

Itaru Sato, Ryutaro Yamashima, Kousuke Kadowaki, Jun Yamamoto, Takanori Shibata, Kenso Soai

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2001 · 222 citations · 26 references

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Abstract

Helicenes without any heteroatoms have been shown for the first time to act as chiral inducers in the highly enantioselective addition of diisopropylzinc to an aldehyde (see scheme).

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