Highly enantioselective additions of diethylzinc to aldehydes using 2-triflamido-methyl-2'-hydroxy-1,1'- binaphthyl

Org Lett. 2003 Nov 13;5(23):4517-9. doi: 10.1021/ol0358511.

Abstract

[reaction: see text] A new N-triflated amino alcohol-titanium catalyst was designed for the asymmetric ethylation of aldehydes. This binaphthyl-based sulfonamido alcohol ligand shows uniformly high yield and enantioselectivity in the diethylzinc additions of aromatic, aliphatic, and unsaturated aldehydes.