Self and nonself recognition of asymmetric catalysts. Nonlinear effects in the amino alcohol-promoted enantioselective addition of dialkylzincs to aldehydes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00122a013

Chiral β-dialkylamino alcohols promote enantioselective alkylation of aldehydes by dialkylzincs, where a Incoordinate alkylzinc aminoalkoxide in equilibrium with its dimer acts as a true catalyst. The presence of other aminoalkoxides causes nonlinear effe