incorporate fluxional groups provide enhanced selectivity in asymmetric transformations? To address this issue, we have designed chiral 4‐dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) catalysts with fluxional chirality. These catalysts were found to be efficient in promoting the acylative kineticresolution of secondary alcohols and axially chiral biaryl compounds with selectivityfactors of up to 37 and 51, respectively.
Kineticresolution of phosphoryl and sulfonyl esters of 1,1′-bi-2-naphthol has been achieved via the Pd-catalyzed alcoholysis of their vinylethers. The highest krel value reached 36.8 with substrate 3c, and (R)-3c 99.0% ee was obtained in 43% isolated yield.