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Table 4. Reaction course of Mg/CuCl 2 .2H 2 O-mediated benzylation of aldehydes a<br />

Entry R Time (h) product Yield (%)<br />

1 n-C 6 H 13 (10a) 18 11a 61.8<br />

2 n-C 9 H 19 (10b) 16 11b 64.4<br />

2 n-C 13 H 27 (10c) 16 11c 57.8<br />

4 C 6 H 5 (10d) 9 11d 71.7<br />

5 3-MeOC 6 H 5 (10e) 8 11e 73.8<br />

6 4-Et-C 6 H 5 (10f) 7 11f 70.7<br />

7 4-Cl-C 6 H 5 (10g) 11 11g 68.9<br />

8 (R)-2,3-Cyclohexylideneglyceral (3) b 20 12a + 12b 68.4<br />

a The reactions were carried out at 2 mmol scale. The yields refer to those of isolated pure<br />

products. b In this case the isomers 12a and 12b were isolated in 80:20 ratio.<br />

The diastereoselectivity of the substrate-controlled asymmetric allylation is known<br />

to be governed by the nature of the metal and reaction medium. 8 In view of this, in an<br />

alternate approach, this aspect was investigated by carrying out the allylation of 3 with<br />

different allylic bromides using different metal-solvent combinations. For this, both<br />

Grignard and Barbier-type protocols were explored using different metals (Mg, Sb, In, Ga<br />

and Bi) and solvents (H 2 O, THF, and [bmim][Br]) (Scheme 6), and the results are<br />

summarized in Tables 5-7.<br />

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