Asymmetric synthesis of tetrazole and dihydroisoquinoline derivatives by isocyanide-based multicomponent reactions

Asymmetric isocyanide-based multicomponent reactions are elegant, yet challenging, strategies to access valuable N-heterocycles. Here, the authors employ a chiral Mg(II) -N,N′-dioxide catalyst in three- or four-component reactions to obtain chiral tetrazoles and devise a dearomative [3+2] annulation...

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Main Authors: Qian Xiong, Shunxi Dong, Yushuang Chen, Xiaohua Liu, Xiaoming Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09904-5