Highly efficient catalytic asymmetric acylation of meso-1,2-diols with benzoyl chloride in the presence of a chiral diamine combined with Et3N

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(98)00523-1

Catalytic asymmetric acylation of meso-1,2-diols has been successfully performed by the reaction with benzoyl chloride in the presence of 0.5 mol% of chiral diamine derived from (S)-proline combined with a stoichiometric amount of triethylamine to give th