title: New chiral Schiff base as a tridentate ligand for catalytic enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to aldehydes.
abstract: We have developed new chiral Schiff base catalysts for the enantioselective addition of diethylzinc reagents to aldehydes. The reaction of benzaldehyde with diethylzinc in the presence of 1 mol % of the chiral Schiff base catalyst proceeded to afford 1-phenyl-1-propanol in 96% enantiomeric excess (ee).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Takanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Yorinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashi