Highly Enantioselective Direct <i>syn</i>- and <i>anti</i>-Aldol Reactions of Dihydroxyacetones Catalyzed by Chiral Primary Amine Catalysts
作者:Sanzhong Luo、Hui Xu、Long Zhang、Jiuyuan Li、Jin-Pei Cheng
DOI:10.1021/ol703023t
日期:2008.2.1
We present herein simple primary-tertiary diamine-Bronsted acid conjugates that catalyze both syn- and anti-adol reactions of dihydroxyacetones (DHAs) with high diastereoselectivities and enantioselectivities. This type of organocatalysts functionally mimics all four DHA aldolases, namely L-fuculose-1-phosphate aldolase, D-tagatose-1,6-diphosphate aldolase, D-fructose-1,6-diphosphate aldolase, and L-rhamnulose-1-phosphate aldolase.