range of readily available α-phosphateenamides were subjected to (hetero)aromatic dioxazaborocanes (DABO boronates), providing the desired α-functionalized enamides in high yields via palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. Notably, the reaction proceeds in the presence of a slight excess of boron derivatives and tolerates cyclic, nonaromatic and/or electron-rich enamides.
Two alternative synthetic approaches to a variety of enantioenriched 6-arylated piperidin-2-ones have been developed. The first one is based on the hydrogenation of suitably arylated chiral cyclic enehydrazides. The second approach relies on the asymmetric catalytic hydrogenation of the corresponding N-alkylated precursors. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.