Chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed dual-ring formation for enantioselective construction of N–N axially chiral 3,3′-bisquinazolinones

In contrast with the well-developed C-C and C-N axial chirality, research focusing on the catalytically asymmetric synthesis of N-N axially chiral compounds is still limited. As a privileged subunit of many antibiotics, the synthesis of N-N axially chiral 3,3'-bisquinazolinones has not been updated with atroposelective construction. Herein, we firstly report a chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed dual-ring formation strategy leading to the aforementioned compounds with good chemical yields and enantioselectivities. Notably, metal-free reaction conditions are another advantage of this procedure.