Chemistry Letters, Vol.44, No.2, 179-181, 2015
Chiral Ammonium Hypoiodite-catalyzed Enantioselective Oxidative Dearomatization of 1-Naphthols Using Hydrogen Peroxide
A highly enantioselective oxidative dearomatization of 1-naphthol derivatives (Kita spirolactonization) catalyzed by chiral hypoiodite species prepared in situ from chiral quaternary ammonium iodide in the presence of hydrogen peroxide is reported.