Enantioselective cyclopropanation reaction using a conformationally fixed pyridinium ylide through a cation–π interaction
摘要:
Using a chiral pyridinium ylide with a fixed conformation through a cation-pi interaction performs enantioselective cyclo-propanation of electron-deficient olefins. H-1 NMR, X-ray structural analysis and DFT calculations elucidated the self-complexation and the face-to-face arrangement between the pyridinium and the phenyl rings. The absolute configuration of the product was determined after conversion into a bicyclic cyclopropane derivative. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
The reaction of various mono-substituted methylidenemalononitriles with (-)-8-phenylmenthyl alpha -pyridiniumacetate in the presence of base afforded the corresponding dicyanocyclopropane compounds with exclusive trans-selectivity and good diastereoselectivity (up to 86.14). The stereochemistry of the major products were determined to be of 1R configuration by X-ray structural analysis of the crystalline tuans -2,2-dicyano-3-(4-pyridyl)cyclopropanecarboxylate. The geometric and diastereofacial selectivities were rationalized assuming anti-periplanar approach in the open-chain model, followed by epimerization and then cyclization to give the cyclopropane compounds. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.