Catalytic Enantioselective Reactions with (Benzo)Pyrylium Salts
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Palladium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Synthesis from Benzimidazolium Salts and Catalytic Activity in Carbon-carbon Bond-forming Reactions
Published on: July 30, 2017
Sumi Joseph1, Gaukhar Khassenova1, Olga García Mancheño2
1Organic Chemistry Institute, Münster University, Corrensstrasse 36, D-48149 Münster, Germany.
Abstract:
The use of (benzo)pyrylium salts as versatile synthetic building blocks has become an attractive platform for the preparation of valuable heterocyclic compounds. Besides other numerous direct applications of (benzo)pyryliums, the intrinsic electrophilic nature of these species or the dipole character of the related oxidopyrylium derivatives have been exploited towards the development of enantioselective transformations such as nucleophilic dearomatization and cycloaddition reactions. This review aims at providing an overview on the relevant catalytic enantioselective methodologies developed in the past years, which are presented considering the involved metal- and/or organic catalytic system, as well as the type of reaction.
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