Application of N,S-Chelating Chiral Zinc bis(Arenethiolate) Complexes as New Precursor Catalysts in the Enantioselective Addition of Diethylzinc to Aldehydes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)78262-1

The addition of diethylzinc to aldehydes in the presence of a catalytic amount of enantiomerically pure N,S-chelated bis<2-<(R)-1-(dimethylamino)ethyl>phenylthyolato>zinc, afforded the corresponding secondary alcohols in nearly quantitative yields with op