Catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to coumarins-synthesis of versatile chiral building blocks Teichert, J.F.; Feringa, B.L. Take-down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim.Downloaded from the University of Groningen/UMCG research database (Pure): http://www.rug.nl/research/portal. For technical reasons the number of authors shown on this cover page is limited to 10 maximum. . Data are reported as follows: chemical shifts, multiplicity (s = singlet, d = doublet, t = triplet, q = quartet, br = broad, m = multiplet), coupling constants (Hz), and integration. Optical rotations were measured on a Schmidt + Haensch polarimeter (Polartronic MH8) with a 10 cm cell (c given in g/100 mL). Enantiomeric excesses (ee values) were determined by HPLC analysis using a Shimadzu LC-10ADVP HPLC equipped with a Shimadzu SPD-M10AVP diode array detector and chiral columns as indicated. Ees were determined by comparison of the racemic mixture with the corresponding chiral compounds or the mixtures of both R and S enantiomers. All reactions were carried out under a nitrogen atmosphere using oven dried glassware and using standard Schlenk techniques. CH 2 Cl 2 was dried and distilled over calcium hydride, THF and Et 2 O were dried and distilled over Na/benzophenone. Toluene was dried and distilled over Na. MTBE was dried and distilled over CaH 2 . CuBr•SMe 2 was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich, and used without further purification. Grignard reagents were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (MeMgBr, EtMgBr, nHexMgBr, i-BuMgBr), all other Grignard reagents were prepared from the corresponding bromides with Mg in Et 2 O. All Grignard reagents were titrated using s-BuOH and catalytic amounts of 1,10-phenanthroline before use. L1 was prepared according to literature, 1 L2-L5 were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. All coumarins were commercially available, 3c and 3d were prepared (see below).
2.) Synthesis of starting materialsSupplementary Material (ESI)