Asymmetric Diethyl Zinc Addition to Aldehydes

The same group also reported that when cadmium nitrate or perchlorate salts were used in the preparation of the MOF, two different MOF structures can be obtained with the same chiral binaphthyl ligand [130]. This diversity in crystal structures seemed to arise from the participation of the anion accompanying Cd in the structure. The chiral MOF prepared from nitrate acts as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the room-temperature asymmetric addition of diethylzinc to a series of aromatic aldehydes, with ee values up to 90% at 100% substrate conversion. Conversely, the MOFs derived from the perchlorate salt were inactive under the same conditions. 

10 Application of Metal-Organic Frameworks in Fine Chemical Synthesis 

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