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Organocatalytic enantioselective transformations involving quinone derivatives as reaction partners

  • Xiao Zhang
  • , Ye Hui Chen
  • , Bin Tan*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Southern University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

This digest summarizes the recent progress made in the organocatalytic asymmetric reactions involving 1,4-quinone derivatives. The roles of quinones as Michael donors, Michael acceptors, dienophiles, 1,3-dipolarophiles and cascade reaction partners have been extensively investigated to access complex structural frameworks in the presence of chiral amine catalysts, phosphoric acid catalysts, bifunctional catalysts (Cinchona alkaloids- and thiourea-based), carboxylic acid catalysts, boronic acid catalysts and cationic oxazaborolidinium ions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)473-486
Number of pages14
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume59
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Feb 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Arylation
  • Enantioselective
  • Michael addition
  • Organocatalysis
  • Quinone derivatives

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