Organocatalytic Enantioselective Friedel−Crafts Reactions of 1-Naphthols with Aldimines
Organic LettersPublished 14 January 2011
Guixia Liu, Shilei Zhang, Hao Li, Tang‐Zhi Zhang, Wei Wang
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An organocatalytic enantioselective Friedel-Crafts reaction of 1-naphthols with aldimines has been developed and affords a direct access to chiral aminoarylnaphthol in good yields and with good to high enantiOSElectivities.
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An organocatalytic enantioselective Friedel-Crafts reaction of 1-naphthols with aldimines has been developed. The method affords a direct access to chiral aminoarylnaphthols in good yields and with good to high enantioselectivities.
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