EXPEDIENT ROUTE TO 3- AND 3,3'-SUBSTITUTED 1,1'-BI-2-NAPHTHOLS BY DIRECTED ortho METALATION AND SUZUKI CROSS COUPLING METHODS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)74182-7

A directed ortho metalation-based route to 3- and 3,3'-substituted binaphthols 2a-c and 3a-c, including chiral materials, is described.Using the Suzuki cross coupling process, dibromo system 3a (E = Br) has been transformed into 3,3'-diaryl binaphthols 5.