Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.134, No.2, 916-919, 2012
Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Axially Chiral o-lodoanilides by Phase-Transfer Catalyzed Alkylations
Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of axially chiral o-iodoacrylanilides and N-allyl-o-iodoanilides as useful chiral building blocks was achieved via chiral quaternary ammonium salt-catalyzed N-alkylations under phase-transfer conditions. The transition-state structure for the present reaction is discussed on the basis of the X-ray crystal structure of ammonium anilide.