Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1349244 Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2010 11 Pages PDF
Abstract

The multicomponent reaction between 2-naphthol, aryl aldehydes and ammonia or amines yields aminobenzylnaphthols in a process known as the Betti reaction, which was first uncovered at the beginning of the 20th century. The aminobenzylnaphthols could be easily resolved into their enantiomers. After a long silence, the results of our research a decade ago on this useful reaction and on the chiral materials produced has stimulated further work in a number of other laboratories. As a result, novel applications of the Betti reaction to produce new chiral aminobenzylnaphthols were reported together with the evaluation of these chiral bases in asymmetric synthesis. Herein, we present a selection of the relevant studies on this topic.

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