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S)-2-(Methoxydiphenylmethyl)pyrrolidine is a diphenylprolinol methyl ether, which can be used as a catalyst to synthesize:
- Enantioselective ketones via intermolecular asymmetric Michael addition of aldehydes to nonactivated enones.
- Stereoselective chiral bipyrazolidin-3-one derivatives by dipolar cycloaddition reaction of azomethine imines with α, β-unsaturated aldehydes.
- Enantioenriched spiro nitrogen heterocycles via asymmetric nucleophilic epoxidation of α-ylideneoxindole esters.
- Optically active secondary alcohols by asymmetric addition of Et2Zn to various aldehydes.
