Chiral Brønsted acid-controlled intermolecular asymmetric [2 + 2] photocycloadditions

Lewis acids have recently been shown to enable stereocontrol in photochemical cycloadditions, a difficult task due to the reactivity of excited-state compounds. Here the authors show that chiral Brønsted acids are competent chromophore activators in [2+2] cycloadditions, forming diastereomers disfav...

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Main Authors: Evan M. Sherbrook, Matthew J. Genzink, Bohyun Park, Ilia A. Guzei, Mu-Hyun Baik, Tehshik P. Yoon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25878-9