Synfacts 2009(10): 1126-1126  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1217840
Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart ˙ New York

Copper-Catalyzed Kinetic Resolution of rac-α-Hydroxyphosphonates

Contributor(s): Hisashi Yamamoto, Cheol Hong Cheon
Y. Demizu, A. Moriyama, O. Onomura*
Nagasaki University, Japan
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Publication Date:
22 September 2009 (online)

Significance

This paper describes the nonenzymatic kinetic resolution of racemic α-hydroxyphosphonates catalyzed by copper Ph-BOX complex. The desired benzolylated products were obtained in good to excellent enantioselectivities and moderate yields.