Abstract
Chiral Lewis base-assisted Brønsted acids (Chiral LBBAs) have been designed as new organocatalysts for biomimetic enantioselective cyclization. A salt of a chiral phosphonous acid diester with FSO3H catalyzes the enantioselective cyclization of 2-geranylphenols to give the desired trans-fused cyclized products with high diastereo- and enantioselectivities (up to 98:2 dr and 93% ee).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3130-3133 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Organic Letters |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 17 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry