Combining in situ Generated Chiral Silicon Lewis Acid and Chiral Bronsted Acid Catalysts for [3+2]Cycloadditions: Cooperative Catalysis as a Convenient Enantioselective Route to Pyrazolidines
A facile enantioselective synthesis of chiral pyrazolidines via a [3+2]cycloaddition reaction, involving a BINOL-derived phosphoric acid and an in situ generated BINOL phosphate-derived silicon Lewis acid, which may act cooperatively, has been developed.