Indanol‐Based Chiral Organoiodine Catalysts for Enantioselective Hydrative Dearomatization |
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Authors: | Prof?Dr Takuya Hashimoto Yuto Shimazaki Yamato Omatsu Prof?Dr Keiji Maruoka |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan;2. Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan;3. Chiba Iodine Resource Innovation Center, Chiba, Japan;4. School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China |
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Abstract: | Rapid development in the last decade has rendered chiral organoiodine(I/III) catalysis a reliable methodology in asymmetric catalysis. However, due to the severely limited numbers of effective organoiodine catalysts, many reactions still give low to modest enantioselectivity. We report herein a solution to this issue through the introduction of a pivotal indanol scaffold to the catalyst design. Our catalyst architecture exhibits the advantage of high modularity and thereby expedites catalyst optimization. The catalyst was optimized for the challenging and highly sought‐after hydrative dearomatization of 2‐substituted phenols at the 4‐position. |
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Keywords: | asymmetric catalysis dearomatization iodine |
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