New Chiral BINOL‐Based Phosphates for Enantioselective [Au(I)]‐Catalyzed Dearomatization of β‐Naphthols with Allenamides

A chiral hypervalent iodine(III) reagent for enantioselective dearomatization of phenols.

Chiral anion phase-transfer catalysis applied to the direct enantioselective fluorinative dearomatization of phenols.

Chiral anion phase-transfer catalysis has enabled the direct and highly enantioselective fluorinative dearomatization of phenols catalyzed by a BINOL-derived phosphate. The process efficiently transforms simple, readily available phenols into fluorinated chiral small molecules bearing reactive functionality under ambient reaction conditions with high enantioselectivity. The close relationship o...

An enantioselective organocatalytic oxidative dearomatization strategy.

The inherent reactivity and functionality stored within aromatic systems provide numerous possibilities for the synthesis of 3-D organic structures via dearomatization processes.1,2 Under oxidizing conditions, the dearomatization of orthoand para-substituted phenols forms cyclohexadienones,3 and these products have found widespread use in the chemical synthesis of natural products.4 Additionall...

Three-component procedure for the synthesis of new chiral spirooxindolopyrrolizidines via catalytic highly enantioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition

The catalytic highly regio-, diastereo-, and enantioselective synthesis of a small library of spiropyrrolizidineoxindolesvia a four-component 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of azomethine ylides, derived from isatin, with electron-deficient dipolarophilewas described. The process occurs at room temperature in aqueous ethanol as a green solvent and in the presence of a bidendatebis(imine)–Cu(...

Enantioselective hydrogenations with chiral titanocenes.

In this review article chiral titanocenes and their application for the enantioselective hydrogenations of different unsaturated compounds are discussed, with a special emphasis on the kinetics and the practicality of the developed systems. The nature of enantioselectivity and the hydrogenation mechanisms are reviewed as well. Catalyst immobilization and the different immobilization techniques ...