Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.137, No.11, 3795-3798, 2015
Catalytic Chemo-, Regio-, and Enantioselective Bromochlorination of Allylic Alcohols
Herein we describe a highly chemo-, regio-, and enantioselective bromochlorination reaction of allylic alcohols, employing readily available halogen sources and a simple Schiff base as the chiral catalyst. The application of this interhalogeriation reaction to a variety of substrates, the rapid enantioselective synthesis of a bromochlorinated natural product, and preliminary extension of this chemistry to dibromination and dichlorination are reported.