Asymmetric induction by chiral silicon groups

GL Larson, E Torres

Index: Larson, Gerald L.; Torres, Evelyn Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 1985 , vol. 293, p. 19 - 28

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Citation Number: 31

Abstract

Abstract The reduction of racemic RPhMeSiCCl 2 CH 3 systems (R= cyclohexyl, isopropyl, t- butyl and 2-mesityl) to the diastereomeric RPhMeSiCHClCH 3 with tributyltin hydride was used as a probe into the potential of the RPhMeSi group to induce asymmetry at an α position. Favorable results were obtained for R= mesityl.