Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Flavanones and Chromanones
摘要:
The enantioselective synthesis of flavanones and chromanones is described. Bifunctional thiourea catalysts promote an asymmetric oxo-conjugate addition to a beta-ketoester alkylidene in high yields with excellent enantioselectivity (80-94% ee) for aryl and alkyl substrates. Decarboxylation of the beta-ketoester proceeds smoothly in a one-pot procedure to afford the enantioenriched flavanones and chromanones.
Catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to chromones
作者:Carlos Vila、Valentín Hornillos、Martín Fañanás-Mastral、Ben L. Feringa
DOI:10.1039/c3cc43105c
日期:——
highly regio- and enantioselective copper catalysed direct conjugateaddition of Grignard reagents to chromones has been developed taking advantage of the reduced reactivity of the resulting magnesium enolates. This methodology tolerates a broad scope of alkyl Grignards including secondary alkyl magnesium reagents as well as functionalised chromones.
Ruthenium-NHC-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Flavones and Chromones: General Access to Enantiomerically Enriched Flavanones, Flavanols, Chromanones, and Chromanols
作者:Dongbing Zhao、Bernhard Beiring、Frank Glorius
DOI:10.1002/anie.201302573
日期:2013.8.5
Two to four! Readily available flavones and chromones were efficiently converted into four valuable chiral classes of O‐heterocycles—flavanones, chromanones, flavanols, and chromanols—by means of an enantioselective Ru/NHC‐catalyzed hydrogenation process (see scheme; NHC=N‐heterocyclic carbene, PCC=pyridinium chlorochromate).
The (R)- and (S)-enantiomers of flindersiachromanone (2-(2-phenylethyl)-4-chromanone) were synthesized from the enantiomerically pure 1-phenyl-5-hexen-3-ol obtained via the lipase-catalyzed enantioselective transesterification.