title: Chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed asymmetric addition of naphthols to para-quinone methides.
abstract: An asymmetric addition of naphthols to in situ generated para-quinone methides catalyzed by a chiral phosphoric acid is described. A range of useful triarylmethanes can be generated from stable general para-hydroxybenzyl alcohols with good efficiency and enantioselectivity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China. sunjw@ust.hk.
authors.forename: Yuk Fai
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Zhaobin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jianwei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun