Asymmetric steering of the Pictet-Spengler reaction by means of amino acid esters as chiral auxiliary groups
摘要:
N-beta-(3-Indolyl)ethyl amino acid esters and differently substituted aromatic aldehydes in the presence of acetic acid form iminium intermediates which at 6 degrees C to 40 degrees C undergo Pictet-Spengler cyclizations to give tetrahydro-beta-carbolines with diastereomer ratios up to 98.5:1.5. The chiral auxiliary group is removed from the heterocycles by employing a retro Strecker reaction as the key transformation.
Asymmetric steering of the Pictet-Spengler reaction by means of amino acid esters as chiral auxiliary groups
摘要:
N-beta-(3-Indolyl)ethyl amino acid esters and differently substituted aromatic aldehydes in the presence of acetic acid form iminium intermediates which at 6 degrees C to 40 degrees C undergo Pictet-Spengler cyclizations to give tetrahydro-beta-carbolines with diastereomer ratios up to 98.5:1.5. The chiral auxiliary group is removed from the heterocycles by employing a retro Strecker reaction as the key transformation.
The Pictet-Spengler cyclization of iminium salts generated in situ from N-(β-3-indolyl)ethyl substituted amino acid esters and differently substituted aldehydes proceeds with high stereoselectivity to deliver chiral tetrahydro-β-carbolines with diastereomer ratios up to 98.5:1.5.
N-beta-(3-Indolyl)ethyl amino acid esters and differently substituted aromatic aldehydes in the presence of acetic acid form iminium intermediates which at 6 degrees C to 40 degrees C undergo Pictet-Spengler cyclizations to give tetrahydro-beta-carbolines with diastereomer ratios up to 98.5:1.5. The chiral auxiliary group is removed from the heterocycles by employing a retro Strecker reaction as the key transformation.