Chiral cobalt(<scp>ii</scp>) complex catalyzed Friedel–Crafts aromatization for the synthesis of axially chiral biaryldiols

Chaoran Xu, Haifeng Zheng, Bowen Hu, Xiaohua Liu, Lili Lin, Xiaoming Feng

Chemical Communications · 2017 · 44 citations · 34 references

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Abstract

An efficient Lewis-acid-catalyzed asymmetric Friedel–Crafts aromatization between <italic>p</italic>-benzoquinone derivatives and 2-naphthols has been developed by using a chiral cobalt(<sc>ii</sc>) complex of <italic>N</italic>,<italic>N</italic>′-dioxide.

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