Enantioselective Addition of Thiols to ortho -Quinone Methides Catalyzed by Chiral Phosphoric Acids

Zengwei Lai, Jianwei Sun*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The first Bronsted acid catalyzed enantioselective addition of thiols to the in situ generated ortho-quinone methides (o-QMs) is described. Complementary to the chiral amine catalyzed approach, the present reaction employs a chiral phosphoric acid as the catalyst. The readily available o-hydroxybenzyl alcohols serve as the atom-economical precursors of o-QMs to react with tritylthiol with moderate to good efficiency and enantioselectivity under mild conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberst-2015-b0713-c
Pages (from-to)555-558
Number of pages4
JournalSynlett
Volume27
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2016

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Keywords

  • Bronsted acid
  • asymmetric catalysis
  • nucleophilic addition
  • organocatalysis
  • quinone methide

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