Rw. Baker et al., DIRECTED METALATION LIGAND COUPLING APPROACH TO THE ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF 1,1'-BINAPHTHYLS/, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 4(12), 1993, pp. 2423-2426
Introduction of a 2-isopropoxycarbonyl or 2-N,N-dimethylcarbamoyl grou
p into homochiral 1-p-tolyl- or 1-t-butyl-sulfinylnaphthalenes, via di
rected metalation reaction, followed by ligand coupling reaction with
1-naphthylmagnesium bromide, furnished atropisomeric 1,1'-binaphthyls
in 82-95% enantiomeric excess (e.e.).