Direct Asymmetric Dearomatization of 2‐Naphthols by Scandium‐Catalyzed Electrophilic Amination

Abstract Catalytic asymmetric aminative dearomatization of 1‐substituted 2‐naphthols was successfully implemented with electrophilic azodicarboxylates under the catalysis of chiral Sc III /pybox complexes. This intermolecular reaction represents a hitherto unknown enantioselective CN bond‐forming process through direct dearomatization of phenolic compounds to generate chiral nitrogen‐containing quaternary carbon stereocenters.