Chiral Lewis Acid Catalyzed Asymmetric Cycloadditions of Disubstituted Ketenes for the Synthesis of β-Lactones and δ-Lactones
作者:Xiaoyu Hao、Xiaohua Liu、Wei Li、Fei Tan、Yangyang Chu、Xiaohu Zhao、Lili Lin、Xiaoming Feng
DOI:10.1021/ol4031217
日期:2014.1.3
Highly diastereo- and enantioselective [2 + 2]- and [4 + 2]-cycloadditions of disubstituted ketenes were realized by chiral Lewis acid catalysis. A series of arylalkylketenes underwent the reaction smoothly with isatins and beta,gamma-unsaturated alpha-ketoesters, providing optically active beta-lactones and delta-lactones with vicinal chiral centers in excellent yields (up to 99%) and enantioselectivities (up to 99% ee), as well as exclusively high diastereoselectivities under 0.2-2 mol % catalyst loading.