Gold-Catalyzed Chiral Calixarene

High enantioselectivity

Synthesized via gold-catalyzed asymmetric hydroarylation, the products incorporate phenanthrene motifs with distinct fluorescence, promising for chiral optical devices.

Pirovano, Valentina · Cera, Gianpiero · Rizzato, Silvia · Santoro, Stefano · Qin, Wenling

Chemical Communications 2025

Advantages

good yields and enantioselectivities

products show fluorescence