Insoluble cross-linked copolymers of styrene and 1% divinylbenzene with covalently bonded (S)-2-aminoalkoxy groups were used in the enantioselective α-methylation of cyclohexanone through the corresponding imines. Enantiomeric excesses of 94% of (S)-2- methylcyclohexanone were observed on methylation at 20° C. An analogous optically active 2-aminoalkyl benzyl ether, under otherwise identical conditions, resulted in a lower ...
[Casara, Patrick; Danzin, Charles; Metcalf, Brian; Jung, Michel Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: Organic and Bio-Organic Chemistry (1972-1999), 1985 , p. 2201 - 2208]
[Casara, Patrick; Danzin, Charles; Metcalf, Brian; Jung, Michel Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: Organic and Bio-Organic Chemistry (1972-1999), 1985 , p. 2201 - 2208]