Racemic 2,3-diaryl-1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO) derivatives are synthesized from the readily accessible piperazines in 50–64% yield by cyclization using ethylene bromide, triethylamine, and KI at 80 °C. The enantiomerically enriched 2,3-diphenylpiperazine and the 2,3-bis(1-naphthyl)piperazine derivatives are prepared by a resolution method using commercially available optically active acids
This invention relates to fluorinating agents and, more particularly, to chiral non-racemic fluorinating agents useful for enantioselective fluorination, as well as to their synthesis and use and other subject matter. The fluorinating agents are based on a substituted 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO) skeleton and provide electrophillic fluorine enantioselectively.