Catalytic enantioselective reactions. Part 12. Enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to aldehydes catalyzed by zinc complexes modified with chiral β-sulfonamidoalcohols

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919908085795

Various new chiral β-sulfonamidoalcohols were prepared. The zinc complexes modified by these chiral ligands alone without the use of titanium tetraisopropoxide are effective as chiral catalysts for the addition of diethylzinc to aldehydes to afford second