Water → Dimethyl 2-(1-phenyl-allyl)-malonate

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Cycloheptyl ligand IV (10.2 mg, 0.030 mmol) and Mo(CO)3(C2H5CN)3 (6.9 mg, 0.020 mmol) were dissolved in 1.0 ml of THF at rt. The reaction mixture was heated at 60° C. for 1 h. After cooling to rt, 1.0 ml of THF solution of sodium dimethylmalonate enolate, prepared from dimethyl malonate (58.0 mg, 0.44 mmol) and sodium hydride (10.2 mg, 0.40 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran, and methyl 3-phenyl-2-propenyl carbonate were added successively. The reaction mixture was heated at 65° C. for 8 h. The reaction mixture was poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate, and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The ratio of 1,1-dimethoxycarbonyl-2-phenyl-3-butene and linear compound was determined by 1H NMR (400 MHz) to be 34.2/1. The residue was chromatographed on silica (1/8 ethyl acetate/petroleum ether, Rf=0.3) to yield the mixture of branched and linear compound (36.7 mg, 74%). [α]D−29.7° (c 1.27, CHCl3); 99% ee.

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