Xiao-Wei Liang, Chuan Liu, Wei Zhang and Shu-Li You
Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 5531-5534
DOI:
10.1039/C7CC02419C,
Communication
An asymmetric fluorinative dearomatization reaction of tryptamine derivatives was developed by using a chiral anion phase transfer catalyst (PTC) system, and the preliminary results of the reaction mechanistic study were achieved. This method is characterized by a simple operation, facile introduction of a fluorine atom in a highly enantioselective manner and construction of two contiguous quaternary stereogenic centers.