Optimization of Catalyst Structure for Asymmetric Propargylation of Aldehydes with Allenyltrichlorosilane
作者:Vladimir Yu. Vaganov、Yasuaki Fukazawa、Nikolay S. Kondratyev、Sergei A. Shipilovskikh、Steven E. Wheeler、Aleksandr E. Rubtsov、Andrei V. Malkov
DOI:10.1002/adsc.202000936
日期:2020.12.8
The design of catalysts for asymmetric propargylations remains a challenging task, with only a handful of methods providing access to enantioenriched homopropargylic alcohols. In this work, guided by previously reported computational predictions, a set of atropisomeric bipyridine N,N’‐dioxides was tested as Lewis base catalysts for the asymmetric propargylation of aldehydes with trichloroallenylsilane
用于不对称炔丙基化的催化剂的设计仍然是一项艰巨的任务,只有少数几种方法可提供对映体富集的均炔丙醇。在这项工作中,在先前报道的计算预测的指导下,一组阻转异构联吡啶N,N'二氧化物被用作路易斯碱催化剂,用于醛与三氯烯丙基硅烷的不对称炔丙基化反应。从容易获得的甲基酮开始,可通过四个简单的步骤轻松制备催化剂。芳基取代的衍生物被证明具有很高的活性,即使在1 mol%的负载量下也表现出高水平的对映体控制。反应范围包括多种芳族,杂芳族和不饱和醛。新的计算证实了合成催化剂的关键立体确定过渡态结构与先前报道的模型结构相似。