Table 1 Optimization of the reaction conditionsa

From: Chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed aminative dearomatization of α-naphthols/Michael addition sequence

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Entry

C

Solvent

Temperature (°C)

Time (h)

Yield (%)b

ee (%)c

1

C1

DCE

50

24

85

75

2

C2

DCE

50

24

90

99

3

C3

DCE

50

24

87

63

4

C4

DCE

50

24

90

98

5

C5

DCE

50

24

85

57

6

C6

DCE

50

24

83

2

7

C7

DCE

50

24

83

59

8

C2

EtOAc

50

24

86

97

9

C2

THF

50

24

85

96

10

C2

toluene

50

24

87

98

11

C2

DCE

40

36

88

99

12

C2

DCE

60

12

85

99

13d

C2

DCE

50

36

77

99

14e

C2

DCE

50

96

81

99

15e

C2

DCE

80

30

81

99

16f

C2

DCE

80

24

69

98

17g

C2

DCE

80

24

52

97

18

/

DCE

50

12

complex

N.D.

  1. DEAD diethyl azodicarboxylate, Ts tosyl, Et ethyl, iPr isopropyl, Ph phenyl, DCE 1,2-dichloroethane, EtOAc ethyl acetate, THF tetrahydrofuran, N.D. not determined
  2. aReaction conditions: 1a (0.1 mmol), DEAD (0.15 mmol) and C (10 mol%) in solvent (2.0 mL) at specified temperature
  3. bIsolated yield
  4. cDetermined by HPLC analysis on a chiral stationary phase
  5. dDEAD (1.1 equiv) was used
  6. eC2 (1 mol%) was used
  7. fC2 (0.2 mol%) was used
  8. gC2 (0.1 mol%) was used