Chiral oxovanadium complex catalyzed enantioselective oxidative coupling of 2-naphtholsElectronic supplementary information available: HPLC analyses. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b1/b101670i/
Abstract
The enantioselective oxidative coupling of 2-naphthols using 2 mol% chiral oxovanadium complex under mild conditions afforded chiral BINOLs in moderate enantioselectivity.