Axial chirality in biaryl N,N‐dialkylaminopyridine derivatives bearing an internal carboxy group.

Axial chirality in N,N‐dimethylaminopyridines as well as N,N‐dipropylaminopyridines bearing an internal carboxy group were evaluated based on their racemization barriers and circular dichroism spectra. The half‐life of racemization of N,N‐dipropylaminopyridine derivative 2 was estimated to be 19.7 days at 20°C. Its enantiomers isolated as optically active forms showed positive‐negative and negative‐positive Cotton effects for (+)‐2 and (−)‐2, respectively, from 310 to 210 nm. Furthermore, (−)‐2 was applied as a chiral nucleophilic catalyst and exhibited asymmetric induction in acylative kinetic resolution of 1‐(1‐naphthyl)ethane‐1‐ol. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]