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Catalytic asymmetric oxidative couplings of 2-naphthols by tridentate N-ketopinidene-based vanadyl dicarboxylates

NB Barhate, CT Chen

Index: Organic Letters, , vol. 4, # 15 p. 2529 - 2532

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Abstract

... Volume: Page: ... Organic Letters. ... The best scenario involves the use of a vanadyl complex arising from l-tert-leucine in CCl 4 . The asymmetric couplings of 2-naphthols can be conducted smoothly at 40−45 °C under a stream of gaseous oxygen, leading to 2,2 ...