Abstract
Chiral Brønsted acids have been shown for the first time to catalyze the dynamic kinetic resolution of azlactones. 3,3'-Bis-(9-anthryl)-BINOL phosphoric acid 3c is particularly effective in the case of 4-aryl-substituted substrates, producing 85-92% ee's.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 356-358 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - Feb 4 2011 |