This invention discloses an axially chiral
bipyridine ligand, its preparation method, and its uses. The axially chiral
bipyridine ligand has the structure of general formula (Ⅰ): the axially chiral
bipyridine ligand contains a binaphthalene structure, wherein part A is selected from A-1, A-2, or A-3; part B is a
hydrogen atom or is the same as part A. The complex catalyst formed in situ in the
reaction system of the axially chiral bipyridine ligand and
copper salt in this invention exhibits high catalytic activity, good to excellent enantioselectivity, and good substrate universality in the asymmetric ring-opening iodination, thioesterification, and
hydrolysis of cyclic diaryliodonium salts to synthesize highly optically pure, diverse substituted 1,1'-bi-2-
iodobenzene compounds, 1,1'-bi-2'-iodo-2-
thioester compounds, and 1,1'-bi-2'-iodo-2-
phenol compounds, respectively, showing great promise for industrial applications. This invention belongs to the field of asymmetric synthetic
chemistry.