The invention belongs to the technical field of
organic synthesis. The invention particularly relates to a synthesis method of chiral beta-diaryl
ethanol. The physiological activity, the
pharmacological action and the material performance of the chiral molecule are directly determined by the
spatial configuration of the chiral molecule. Therefore, efficient construction of chiral compounds is always the core research direction of
organic synthesis and
medicinal chemistry. Wherein the chiral beta-diaryl
ethanol is a kind of key intermediates with irreplaceable application value. According to the invention, the Suzuki-Miyaura type asymmetric ring-opening
coupling reaction of
nickel catalyzed
aryl epoxy and
aryl boric acid with high
stereoselectivity is realized, and the asymmetric ring-opening
coupling reaction is used for synthesizing chiral beta-diaryl
alcohol compounds. The method is wide in substrate compatibility and
raw material source, mild in reaction condition, free of exogenous alkali and convenient to operate. An
aryl epoxy compound and arylboronic acid are used as raw materials,
diethylene glycol dimethyl ether nickel bromide is used as a catalyst, chiral biimidazoline is used as a ligand, under the promotion of
sodium iodide, reaction is performed in an
ethanol solvent according to the following reaction formula at the temperature of 50 DEG C for 10 hours, and the chiral beta-diaryl ethanol compound with the high ee value is obtained.