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Asymmetric Reaction of (RS)-2-Phenylpropanal with Chiral Aluminium Alkoxides. Part 1
Maslinska-Solich, Jolanta,Rudnicka, Irena,Jedlinski, Zbigniew J.
, p. 3034 - 3040 (2007/10/02)
The reaction of chiral aluminium alkoxides (2) with (RS)-2-phenylpropanal (1) gives the optically active (S)-(-)-2-phenylpropyl (R)-(-)-2-phenylpropanoate (3), and the mixed esters (-)-menthyl 2-phenylpropanoate (5a), (+)-2-phenylpropyl 2-methylbutanoate (4b), and (+)-2-methylbutyl 2-phenylpropanoate (5b), respectively.An asymmetric disproportionation reaction mechanism has been proposed for compound (1).
