Asymmetric synthesis of axially chiral 1
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Robert W. Baker; Joost N.H. Reek; Brian J. Wallace
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Article
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1998
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Elsevier Science
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French
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Reaction of methyl (R)-l-(p-tolylsulfinyl)naphthalene-2-carboxylate 2 with 2-methylindenyllithium affords the -ac rotamer of methyl (S)-l-(2'-methyl-l'-indenyl)naphthalene-2-carboxylate 6 in 63% ee. Heating -ac-6 at 80 °C leads to the formation of an 18:1 mixture of -ac:+sc-6 rotamers, with a barrie