General and practical catalytic enantioselective Strecker reaction of ketoimines: significant improvement through catalyst tuning by protic additives
作者:Nobuki Kato、Masato Suzuki、Motomu Kanai、Masakatsu Shibasaki
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.02.082
日期:2004.4
Significant improvement in enantioselectivity and catalyst activity was achieved for the catalytic enantio selective Strecker reaction. Using a catalyst (1-2.5 mol%) prepared from Gd((OPr)-Pr-i)(3) and D-glucose derived ligand 1, and in the presence of 2,6-dimethylphenol as an additive, high enantioselectivity was obtained from a wide range of ketoimines, including heteroaromatic and cyclic ketoimines. The new method was applied to an efficient catalytic asymmetric synthesis of sorbinil, a therapeutic agent for diabetic complications. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.