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Organocatalysis with a Fluorous Tag: Asymmetric Reduction of Imines with Trichlorosilane Catalyzed by Amino Acid-Derived Formamides†
journal contribution
posted on 2007-02-16, 00:00 authored by Andrei V. Malkov, Marek Figlus, Sigitas Stončius, Pavel KočovskýAsymmetric reduction of ketimines 1 with trichlorosilane can be catalyzed by N-methylvaline-derived
Lewis-basic formamides 3a−d with high enantioselectivity (≤95% ee) and low catalyst loading (1−5
mol %) at room temperature in toluene. Appending a fluorous tag, as in 5a−c, simplifies the isolation
procedure, while preserving high enantioselectivity (≤92% ee).