
In
organic chemistry, chiral phosphoric acids are
esters of
phosphoric acid that have
chiral backbones. Well known examples include
cyclic diesters derived from the
BINOL and
TADDOL motifs. These compounds are used in
asymmetric catalysis as chiral
Brønsted acids and/or
hydrogen-bond
In chemistry, a hydrogen bond (or H-bond) is a primarily electrostatic force of attraction between a hydrogen (H) atom which is covalently bound to a more electronegative "donor" atom or group (Dn), and another electronegative atom bearing ...
donors. The conjugate bases are also used in generating
chiral ion pairs.
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2-Naphthols
Phosphorus oxoacids