摘要

An enantioselective tandem Friedel-Crafts alkylation-hemiketalization between electron-rich phenols and alpha,beta-unsaturated ketoesters gave a direct approach to chiral 2,3-disubstituted chromans in the presence of a chiral N,N'-dioxide/Sc(OTf)(3) complex. High enantioselectivities (up to 95% ee), high diastereoselectivities (up to 14 : 1) and high yields (up to 97%) were obtained for a broad range of substrates under mild reaction conditions.