Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)2019Vol. 55pp. 12715-12718
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yuan2019asymmetricchemical
Abstract
The first catalytic asymmetric reaction of azonaphthalene with pyrazolone has been established. A wide range of axially chiral pyrazole derivatives have been achieved in good yields (68-99%) with excellent enantioselectivities (83-98% ee) by utilizing chiral phosphoric acid as a catalyst. This strategy provides an efficient and facile approach for the construction of axially chiral pyrazole derivatives. Theoretical calculations were carried out to elucidate the origins of enantioselectivity.