SolventFree Asymmetric Anhydride Opening in a Ball Mill
The mechanochemical technique of ball milling has been applied to the asymmetric opening of mesoanhydrides, mediated by the cinchona alkaloid quinidine. A simple workup procedure affords the products, optically active dicarboxylic acid monoesters, in high yields, with up to 64% ee. With most substrates no column chromatography was needed. A range of various alcohols, as well as anhydrides ...