Enantioselective Organocatalytic Sulfenylation of β-Naphthols

J Org Chem. 2018 Apr 20;83(8):4730-4738. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b00487. Epub 2018 Apr 3.

Abstract

An enantioselective sulfenylation of β-naphthols has been developed for the first time using a newly synthesized cinchona-derived thiourea as the catalyst and N-(arylthio) succinimide (or phthalimide) as an electrophilic sulfur source. Various enantioenriched naphthalenones with an S-containing all-substituted stereocenter were prepared via a dearomatization strategy under mild reaction conditions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't