title: Iron-catalyzed dioxygen-driven C-C bond formation: oxidative dearomatization of 2-naphthols with construction of a chiral quaternary stereocenter.
abstract: Iron(salan) complex 1 was found to catalyze the oxidative dearomatization of 1-substituted 2-naphthols with the formation of an all-carbon quaternary stereocenter in air in the presence of nitroalkanes, to afford the corresponding cyclic enones with high enantioselectivity of 88-96% ee.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, and International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oguma
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katsuki
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009284:Naphthols / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D009284:Naphthols; C028405:2-naphthol; D010100:Oxygen