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N-heterocyclic carbene-mediated enantioselective addition of phenols to unsymmetrical alkylarylketenes
Concellon, Carmen,Duguet, Nicolas,Smith, Andrew D.
, p. 3001 - 3009 (2009)
Chiral N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) mediate the enantioselective addition of 2-phenylphenol to unsymmetrical alkylarylketenes, delivering α-alkyl-α-arylacetic acid derivatives with good levels of enantiocontrol (up to 84% ee). Enantiodivergent stereochemical outcomes are observed using 2-phe-nylphenol and benzhydrol in the NHC-promoted esterification reaction using a triazolium precatalyst derived from pyroglutamic acid, consistent with distinct mechanistic pathways operating within these processes.
