Recent Advances in (Dynamic) Kinetic Resolution and Desymmetrization Catalyzed by Chiral Phosphoric Acids

Kinetic resolution, dynamic kinetic resolution and desymmetrization are practical methods to produce enantioenriched products from relatively simple racemic or achiral starting materials, which are also sometimes difficult to be accessed by other asymmetric methods. Chiral phosphoric acids, which have been recognized as one of the most powerful chiral organocatalysts to date, have also been extensively applied in the above-mentioned research fields. In this minireview, we summarized the tremendous development of kinetic resolution, dynamic kinetic resolution and desymmetrization reactions enabled by chiral phosphoric acids since the year of 2016, which were not included in the two previous outstanding reviews by Petersen et al and Dixon et al. A number of examples involving the use of CPA as cooperative catalyst are also included in this review.