Organocatalytic asymmetric synthesis of trisubstituted pyrrolidines via a cascade reaction
摘要:
A new bifunctional thiourea II catalyzed methodology was developed for the synthesis of chiral trisubstituted pyrrolidines using 4-aminocrotonate 1a/1b and nitroolefins 2a-g as starting materials. Two different N-protected 4-aminocrotonates la and 1b were tested for the reaction with la giving the desired product 3a with a high diastereomeric ratio (>20:1) but with low enantioselectivity (ee up to 7%). N-Tosyl-4-aminocrotonate 1b, however, yielded the product with moderate dr (up to 68:32) but with high ee in the case of the major trans-trans-isomers 4a-g (ee from 92% to 98%) and modest enantiomeric excess for the minor trans-cis-isomers 4a'-g' (ee up to 57%). This methodology was also successfully applied when (E)-beta-methyl-trans-beta-nitrostyrene 2h was used as the starting nitroalkene to provide the product with dr 70/30 and with ee of 63% and 67%, respectively. The absolute configuration of both isomers was established using chiral derivatization with Mosher's and mandelic acids, with the relative stereochemistry being determined via NMR analysis. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A novel and effective organocatalytic system consisting of pyrrolidinyl-thioimidazole and a chiral thioureido acid efficiently catalyzed the asymmetric Michaeladdition reactions of ketones to nitroolefins to afford the adducts with high diastereoselectivities (up to 99 : 1) and excellent enantioselectivities (up to 99% ee).
The highly enantioselective Michael addition of ketones to nitrodienes catalyzed by the efficient organocatalyst system of pyrrolidinyl-thioimidazole and chiral thioureido acid
The highlyenantioselectiveMichaeladdition reaction of ketones to nitrodienes was promoted efficiently by the accessible and fine-tunable organocatalytic system of pyrrolidinyl-thioimidazole and chiral thioureido acid. The corresponding adducts were afforded in good yields with high diastereoselectivities (up to 99 : 1) and excellent enantioselectivities (up to 99% ee).