efficient method was developed to synthesize ferrocene-based bifunctionalamine–thioureasbearingmultiplehydrogen-bondingdonors. Asymmetric Michaeladdition of acetylacetone to nitroolefins catalyzed by these novel bifunctionalcatalysts affords the Michael adducts in high yield and moderate to excellent enantioselectivities. Multiplehydrogen-bonds play an important role in accelerating the reaction.
Chiral amine-thioureas bearing multiple hydrogen bonding donors: highly efficient organocatalysts for asymmetric Michael addition of acetylacetone to nitroolefins
New bifunctional organocatalysts amine-thioureas bearing multiple hydrogen bonding donors were synthesized and applied in catalytic asymmetricMichaeladdition of acetylacetone to aryl and alkyl nitroolefins. Multiple hydrogen bonding donors play a significant role in accelerating reactions, improving yields and enantioselectivities.
A strategy for designing chiralBrønsted base organocatalysts through noncovalent modification of a chiral dibasic molecule with an achiral phosphoric acid diester is introduced for the first time. Such a molecular modification concept utilizing acid-base interactions may facilitate the on-demand design of asymmetric organocatalysts, as preliminarily demonstrated in this work.
A new class of bifunctional tertiary amine thiourea was synthesized from L-proline. The reported thiourea is amenable to steric and electronic modifications at the stereogenic center bearing a thiourea moiety. Excellent enantioselectivity was obtained in the Michael addition of 2,4-pentanedione to various nitro olefins using the new organocatalyst. The construction of contiguous stereocenters via the Michael reaction of substituted 1,3-dicarbonyls to nitro olefins was also carried out with very good yield, enantioselectivity, and diastereoselectivity. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Cinchona–diaminomethylenemalononitrile organocatalyst for asymmetric conjugate addition of 1,3-diketone to nitroalkene
A diaminomethylenemalononitrile organocatalyst with a cinchona motif efficiently promotes the enantioselective conjugate addition of acetylacetone to various nitroalkenes to yield the corresponding addition products in high to excellent yields with up to 89% ee. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.