V. B. Birman, Ximin Li
Mar 4, 2006
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[reaction: see text] A commercially available pharmaceutical, tetramisole, was found to be a competent enantioselective acylation catalyst. Its benzannellated analogue, benzotetramisole (BTM), produced outstanding enantioselectivities in kinetic resolution of secondary benzylic alcohols.