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Recent Advances in Catalytic Asymmetric Dihalogenation of Alkenes

  • 李静
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  • a School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164;
    b Institute of Natural and Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164

Received date: 2026-05-14

  Revised date: 2026-06-27

  Online published: 2026-08-28

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 22401021).

Abstract

Chiral dihalogen skeletons are encountered in the structure of numerous bioactive compounds with antibacterial and antitumour activities, and widely used in the field of medicine and synthetic chemistry. Based on the importance of chiral dihalides, it is one of the important topics in organic synthetic chemistry to develop accurate, efficient, and green methods to synthesize chiral dihalides. In recent years, the synthesis of chiral dihalides by catalytic asymmetric dihalogenation of olefins has attracted great attention. Three different catalytic systems on asymmetric dihalogenation of alkenes is reviewed, including chiral Lewis base catalysis, chiral Lewis acid catalysis, and chiral organic iodine catalysis. Furthermore, the difficulties, challenges, and future development of asymmetric dihalogenation of alkenes are also discussed.

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李静 . Recent Advances in Catalytic Asymmetric Dihalogenation of Alkenes[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 0 : 0 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202605014

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