title: Enantioselective diamination with novel chiral hypervalent iodine catalysts.
abstract: Vicinal diamines constitute one the most important functional motif in organic chemistry because of its wide occurrence in a variety of biological and pharmaceutical molecules. We report an efficient metal-free, highly stereoselective intramolecular diamination using a novel chiral hypervalent iodine reagent together with its application as an efficient catalyst for the synthesis of diamines.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Park Place, Main Building, Cardiff, CF10 3AT (UK), Fax: (+44) 29-2087-6968.
authors.forename: Pushpak
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mizar
authors.forename: Aragorn
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laverny
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El-Sherbini
authors.forename: Umar
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Farid
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Malmedy
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wirth
keywords: cyclization; diamination; hypervalent iodine; organocatalysis; stereoselective synthesis