title: Truncated Cinchona alkaloids as catalysts in enantioselective monobenzoylation of meso-1,2-diols.
abstract: Readily synthesised quincorine and quincoridine derived chiral diamines efficiently catalyse the asymmetric monobenzoylation of cyclic and acyclic meso-1,2-diols.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland. peter.kundig@chiorg.unige.ch
authors.forename: E Peter
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Kündig
authors.forename: Alvaro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Enriquez Garcia
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lomberget
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Perez Garcia
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Romanens
mesh_terms: D019817:Benzoic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D002930:Cinchona Alkaloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D006018:Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D002930:Cinchona Alkaloids; D006018:Glycols; D019817:Benzoic Acid