Asymmetric addition of diethylzinc to aromatic aldehydes using enantiomerically pure hydroxymethyl oxazoline ligands

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0957-4166(00)80170-6

The addition of diethylzinc to aromatic aldehydes in the presence of catalytic amounts of enantiomerically pure hydroxymethyl oxazolines affords the corresponding secondary alcohols with modest levels of asymmetric induction.