Enantioselective synthesis of quaternary α-aminophosphonates by organocatalytic Friedel–Crafts reactions of indoles with cyclicα-ketiminophosphonates

An efficient asymmetric Friedel-Crafts reaction has been developed for the synthesis of optically active quaternaryα‐aminophosphonates with up to98%ee.The synthesis involves the reaction of cyclicα‐ketiminophosphonates with indoles using an H8‐BINOL‐derived chiral phosphoric acid(CPA)catalyst that bears electron‐withdrawing3,5‐ditrifluoromethylphenyl substituents on its3‐and3′‐positions.This Friedel-Crafts reaction of cyclicα‐ketiminophosphonates was also successful with pyrrole.

Syntheses of Substituted Indan-1-onesand Indenes

The syntheses of three novel substituted indanones namely 2,7 dimethylindan 1 one, 2 methyl 4,7 diethylindan 1 one and 2,4 dimethyl 7 methoxyindan 1 one are described. These indanones were prepared by different routes involving intramolecular ring closure of aryl substituted compounds by Friedel Crafts reaction. The t butyl was used as the positional protective group in the selective preparation of 2,7 dimethylindan 1 one. The corresponding indenes were prepared by reduction and dehydration reactions from these indanones.

Recent advances in asymmetric reactions catalyzed by chiral phosphoric acids

This review summarizes the very recent advances in asymmetric reactions catalyzed by chiral phosphoric acids（CPAs）, a family of versatile catalysts that catalyze a broad range of reactions to afford diverse chiral molecules. In the past years, different kinds of chiral phosphoric acids have been designed and developed into a privileged class of catalysts in asymmetric synthesis. A number of remarkable achievements have been made by many groups around the world. Due to length limitation, this review only summarizes those works published from January 2016 to November 2017. Meanwhile, catalytic systems which combine metal catalysts and chiral phosphoric acids will not be discussed in this review.