| Summary: | The complex structure of aminobenzylnaphthols can be easily obtained with the useful Betti reaction. These valuable compounds can give rise to chiral intermediates, that found wide application in asymmetric synthesis. 1-[(1<i>S</i>)-(4-Fluorophenyl)-((1′<i>S</i>)-1′-naphthalen-1-yl-ethylamino)-methyl]-naphthalen-2-ol <b>1</b> was treated with triflic anhydride to yield the corresponding (<i>S</i>,<i>S</i>)-triflate <b>2</b>, which is a valuable intermediate in the future synthesis of aminophosphine, to be used in asymmetric catalysis. Preliminarily structural considerations based upon H(1)-NMR spectroscopy are also reported.
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