Abstract
An organocatalytic highly enantioselective Michael-aldol cascade access to valuable chiral dihydronaphthalenes has been realized. Notably, the strategy via activation of nucleophilic alkyl chains by introducing nitro, chloro, or CF3 group(s) at the ortho- and/or para-position(s) on an aromatic ring renders them readily deprotonated to produce highly reactive nulecophilic species in the cascade process under mild conditions.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5634-5637 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 22 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 15 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry