SYNOPEN2509-9396 Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York 2019, 3, 77–90 short review 77 en Syn Open Z. Zhu et al. Short Review Catalytic Enantioselective Approaches to the oxa-Pictet–Spengler Cyclization and Other 3,6-Dihydropyran-Forming Reactions Zhengbo Zhua HO HO Brønsted acid Alafate Adilia OH catalysis O Chenfei Zhaob 0000-0003-3960-3047 up to R Daniel Seidel*a 0000-0001-6725-111X RCHO 99% ee a Center for Heterocyclic Compounds, Department of Chemis- Dual anion-binding OH O try, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA iminium catalysis
[email protected] N N H H b Department of Chemistry, University of California–Berkeley; R Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Labo- up to 95% ee ratory; Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute at Berkeley; Berke- ley Global Science Institute, Berkeley, California 94720, USA Received: 24.08.2019 aryl substituent.9 In this Short Review, we provide exam- Accepted after revision: 04.09.2019 ples of asymmetric oxa-Pictet–Spengler cyclizations that Published online: 25.09.2019 DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1690686; Art ID: so-2019-d0023-r are under substrate control, discuss all known catalytic en- License terms: antioselective variants of the oxa-Pictet–Spengler cycliza- 10 © 2019. The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the tion, and provide an overview of other catalytic enanti- terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial-License, oselective reactions that lead to isochromans and tetrahy- permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes or adapted, remixed, dropyrano[3,4-b]indoles.