Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Flavanones and Chromanones
摘要:
The enantioselective synthesis of flavanones and chromanones is described. Bifunctional thiourea catalysts promote an asymmetric oxo-conjugate addition to a beta-ketoester alkylidene in high yields with excellent enantioselectivity (80-94% ee) for aryl and alkyl substrates. Decarboxylation of the beta-ketoester proceeds smoothly in a one-pot procedure to afford the enantioenriched flavanones and chromanones.
Tandem intramolecular oxa-Michael addition/decarboxylation reaction catalyzed by bifunctional cinchona alkaloids: facile synthesis of chiral flavanone derivatives
作者:Hai-Feng Wang、Hua Xiao、Xiao-Wei Wang、Gang Zhao
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2011.05.088
日期:2011.7
Bifunctionalcinchonaalkaloids were used to catalyze a tandem intramolecular oxa-Michael addition/decarboxylation reaction of alkylidene β-ketoesters 1, providing a series of flavanone derivatives with up to 97% yield and 93% ee.
1,1′-binaphthylazepine chiral catalyst has been synthesized and its absolute configuration has been determined by DFT computational analysis of the vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectrum of its precursor. The VCD analysis, carried out through the model averaging method, allowed to assign the absolute configuration of a benzylic stereocenter in the presence of a chiral binaphthyl moiety. The