Asymmetric ring-opening of oxabenzonorbornadiene with amines promoted by a chiral iridium-monophosphine catalyst.

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State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Ling Ling Road, Shanghai, 200032, China.

Published: November 2013

A new iridium-monophosphine catalyst is found to be efficient for asymmetric ring-opening of benzonorbornadiene with amines, providing a series of chiral substituted dihydronaphthalenes in high yields (up to 98%) and excellent enantioselectivities (>99%).

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3cc46009fDOI Listing

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