Beneficial Effect of ortho-Methoxy Groups in the Asymmetric Ring Opening of meso Epoxides with Silicon Tetrachloride Catalyzed by Chiral ortho-Methoxyphenyldiazaphosphonamide Lewis Bases We thank the CNRS for financial support. O.L. acknowledges the CNRS and Region PACA for a doctoral fellowship. We thank Dr. M. Giorgi and Prof. M. Pierrot for their kind assistance with the X-ray analysis of compound 1 and Dr. A. Tenaglia for fruitful discussions
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