title: The application of chiral aminonaphthols in the enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to aryl aldehydes.
abstract: [reaction: see text]. Optically active aminonaphthol 3 obtained by condensation of 2-naphthol, benzaldehyde, and (S)-methylbenzylamine followed by N-methylation was found to catalyze the enantioselective ethylation of aryl aldehydes to secondary alcohols with high enantioselectivities (up to 99.8%) at room temperature.
authors.affiliation: Open Laboratory of Chirotechnology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China. daxueliu@sohu.com
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