摘要
The well-defined conformational properties of axially chiral compounds bring extraordinary values to an assortment of bioactive molecules,advanced materials,organocatalysts as well as chiral ligands in asymmetric transformations.The demonstrated usefulness and untapped potential of axially chiral structural motifs stimulate increasing efforts to develop novel and efficient approaches for their preparation.In this regard,the chiral phosphoric acids broadly used in asymmetric Brønsted acid catalysis have shown high relevance for atroposelective synthesis as well.Our strong interest in reaction chemistry of atropisomers has established a rewarding research programme in our group.The course of studies will be recounted in this account,with discussion focused on the use of chiral phosphoric acids to catalyze construction of several key axially chiral structures such as BINAM,BINOL,NOBIN,arylquinones,SPINOL,arylpyrrole analogues and axially chiral alkenes.
