Highly Stereoselective Metal-Free Catalytic Reduction of Imines: An Easy Entry to Enantiomerically Pure Amines and Natural and Unnatural α-Amino Esters
摘要:
A highly efficient catalytic stereoselective ketimine reduction is described. The combination of an inexpensive chiral organocatalyst, easily prepared in a single step, and of a very cheap removable chiral auxiliary allowed us to obtain enantiomerically pure amino compounds. The methodology allowed synthesis of chiral secondary and primary amines and natural and unnatural amino esters in high yields often with total control of the absolute stereochemistry.
Diastereoselective addition of higher order cuprates and zinc-copper reagents to imines derived from (S)-1-phenylethylamine
作者:Marco Bandini、Pier Giorgio Cozzi、Achille Umani-Ronchi、Marzia Villa
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(99)00418-4
日期:1999.6
The diastereoselective addition of higher order (H.O.) cuprates and zinc-copper reagents to aliphatic and aromatic chiral iminesderivedfrom (S)-1-phenylethylamine was examined. Aliphatic chiral imines react with (Allyl)2CuCNLi2 and (n-Bu)2Cu(CN)Li2 in the presence of BF3·Et2O and Me3SiCl in high diastereoselection, while c-C6H11Cu(CN)ZnI and AllylCu(CN)ZnBr afford chiral amines in comparable yields