Asymmetric ring-opening of oxabenzonorbornadiene with amines promoted by a chiral iridium-monophosphine catalyst

  • Renshi Luo*
  • , Jianhua Liao
  • , Ling Xie
  • , Wenjun Tang*
  • , Albert S.C. Chan
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A new iridium-monophosphine catalyst is found to be efficient for asymmetric ring-opening of benzonorbornadiene with amines, providing a series of chiral substituted dihydronaphthalenes in high yields (up to 98%) and excellent enantioselectivities (>99%).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9959-9961
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Volume49
Issue number85
Early online date2 Sept 2013
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Nov 2013

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