Synthesis of Optically Active Oligonaphthalenes via Second-Order Asymmetric Transformation

Kazunori Tsubaki, Masaya Miura, Hiroshi Morikawa, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Takeo Kawabata, Takumi Furuta, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Kaoru Fuji

Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2003 · 64 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

Synthesis of numerous optically active rod-shaped oligo(2,3-dioxyfunctionalized)naphthalenes connected at their 1,4-positions was achieved using oxidative coupling under CuCl2/alpha-methylbenzylamine conditions by second-order asymmetric transformation. We believe this method is practical and should contribute to the field of material science.

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