Accessing Brominated Natural Product Motifs Using Phosphoramidite Catalysis

Abstract

This article describes the application of a first-generation phosphoramidite catalyst to the construction of the most commonly encountered subunits of bromine-containing natural products. The process is compared with previous efforts, and is found to be complementary to existing methods. Application of the process enables bromocarbocyclisations, bromoetherifications, and bromoallene formation using the common laboratory reagent N-bromosuccinimide.