Electricity-driven asymmetric bromocyclization enabled by chiral phosphate anion phase-transfer catalysis

Xuefeng Tan; Qingli Wang; Jianwei Sun

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36000-6

Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Electricity-driven asymmetric bromocyclization enabled by chiral phosphate anion phase-transfer catalysis

Xuefeng Tan,
Qingli Wang,
Jianwei Sun

Affiliations

Xuefeng Tan: Department of Chemistry, Energy Institute, Institute for Advanced Study, and the Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Tissue Restoration & Reconstruction, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Qingli Wang: Department of Chemistry, Energy Institute, Institute for Advanced Study, and the Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Tissue Restoration & Reconstruction, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Jianwei Sun: Department of Chemistry, Energy Institute, Institute for Advanced Study, and the Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Tissue Restoration & Reconstruction, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36000-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Asymmetric electrochemical synthesis via ion-pairing catalysis is challenging due to interference of the electrolyte with the ion-pairing catalyst. Here, the authors describe a biphasic system to enable the asymmetric ion-pairing catalysis under electrochemical conditions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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