Planar chiral [2,2]paracyclophanes (PCPs) are widely used in materials science and asymmetric syntheses. Here the authors present a cobalt-catalyzed desymmetric addition of pseudopara-diformyl and pseudo-gem-diformyl PCPs, enabling the synthesis of planar chiral PCP alcohols with both planar and central chiralities.
- Shi-Qi Liu
- Wei Xiong
- Wen-Jing Xiao
