title: Asymmetric autocatalysis induced by chiral hydrocarbon [2.2]paracyclophanes.
abstract: Chiral hydrocarbon [2.2]paracyclophanes act as chiral initiators in asymmetric autocatalysis in the addition of diisopropylzinc to pyrimidine-5-carbaldehyde and give highly enantiomerically enriched 5-pyrimidyl alkanol with a reversed sense of the enantioselectivity to that of other [2.2]paracyclophanes with heteroatoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan.
authors.forename: Itaru
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Yohei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.forename: Toshinari
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kasahara
authors.forename: Kenso
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Soai