Nature Communications (Jul 2019)
NHC-catalyzed atropoenantioselective synthesis of axially chiral biaryl amino alcohols via a cooperative strategy
Abstract
Axially chiral biaryl amino-alcohols play a pivotal role in organic synthesis and drug discovery. Here, the authors report a cooperative strategy consisting of desymmetrization followed by kinetic resolution to deliver non-classical NOBIN derivatives in high yields and enantioselectivity via NHC catalysis.