Enantioselective synthesis of planar-chiral 1, n -dioxa[ n ]paracyclophanes via catalytic asymmetric ortho -Lithiation

Organic Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1980-1983

  Kanda, Kazumasa ^a   Endo, Kohei ^a   Shibata, Takanori ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 77951865025     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol100444u     Document Type: Article

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52. The absolute configuration was determined by comparison of the sign of optical rotation of dibromodioxa[12]paracyclophane with that in the literature; (2d) see Supporting Information for details.