Enantioselective Black rearrangement catalyzed by chiral bicyclic imidazole

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Feb 7;50(10):1227-30. doi: 10.1039/c3cc47455k.

Abstract

A newly developed chiral imidazole nucleophilic catalyst, , was readily prepared and successfully applied to the enantioselective Black rearrangement with up to 88% ee for a wide range of substrates possessing different substituted groups. A plausible mechanism for the high enantioselectivity was proposed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Imidazoles / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
  • Imidazoles