Enantioselective Cyanation/Brook Rearrangement/C-Acylation Reactions of Acylsilanes Catalyzed by Chiral Metal Alkoxides
摘要:
New catalytic enantioselective cyanation/1,2-Brook rearrangement/C-acylation reactions of acylsilanes (4) with cyanoformate esters (7) are described. The products of the reaction are fully substituted malonic acid derivatives (8). Catalysts for this transformation were discovered via a directed candidate screen of 96 metal-ligand complexes. Optimization of a (salen)aluminum complex revealed significant remote electronic effects and concentration effects. The scope of the reaction was investigated by using a number of aryl acylsilanes and cyanoformate esters. Chemoselective reduction of the reaction products (8) afforded new enantioenriched alpha-hydroxy-alpha-aryl-beta-amino acid derivatives (32-34) and beta-lactams (35 and 36). This reaction provides a simple method for the construction of new nitrogen-containing enantioenriched chiral building blocks.
Irradiation of inclusioncrystals of 2-(N-acyl-N-alkylamino)cyclohex-2-enones and N,N-dimethylphenylglyoxylamide with chiral host molecules gave the opticallyactive N-alkyl-1-azaspiro[3.5]-nonane-2,5-diones and 3-hydroxy-1-methyl-3-phenylazetidin-2-one, respectively. The crystal structure of the 1:1 inclusion complex of N,N-dimethylphenylglyoxylamide with (-)-trans-1,4-bis[3-(o-chlorophenyl)-3-hy