the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2016YFA0202900);National Basic Research Program of China (No.2015CB856600);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21332009, 21421091);the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Nos. XDB20000000, QYZDY-SSW-SLH012) for generous financial support
A catalytic asymmetric brominative dearomatization reaction of benzofuran derivatives was achieved by using hydroquinidine 1,4-phthalazinediyl diether [(DHQ)_2PHAL] as the catalyst and N-bromoacetamide(NBAc) as th...