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Abstract
A chiral spirocyclic quaternary ammonium salt catalyzed asymmetric alkylation, especially methylation, of α-aryl esters possessing inherently poor reactivity under strong basic conditions has been developed, giving the target products with up to 94 % ee. This mild process was also applied to synthesize optically pure naproxen.
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