Citation: Yan SUN, Zhi Min LI, Xiu Min SHE N, Feng Nian MA, Cong ZHANG. Exploration of Chiral Aminophenols and Aminonaphthols with C₂-Symmetry[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2005, 16(7): 879-882. shu

Exploration of Chiral Aminophenols and Aminonaphthols with C₂-Symmetry

Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875

Received Date: 16 August 2004

Fund Project: This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 20172008), which is greatly appreciated.

The exploration of C₂-symmetric chiral aminophenols and aminonaphthols is described.Seven new ligands have been successfully synthesized using Mannich reaction as a key step.Four of them have C₂-symmetry and their structure has been fully characterized by means of NMR and X-ray crystallography.
- Aminophenol,
- aminonaphthol,
- C₂-symmetry,
- chiral ligand
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