Asymmetric Hydrogenation of <i>N</i>-Sulfonylated-α-dehydroamino Acids: Toward the Synthesis of an Anthrax Lethal Factor Inhibitor
作者:C. Scott Shultz、Spencer D. Dreher、Norihiro Ikemoto、J. Michael Williams、Edward J. J. Grabowski、Shane W. Krska、Yongkui Sun、Peter G. Dormer、Lisa DiMichele
DOI:10.1021/ol050869s
日期:2005.8.1
[GRAPHIC]A novel and highly enantioselective Ru-catalyzed hydrogenation of N-sulfonylated-alpha-dehydroamino acids has been discovered and demonstrated in the synthesis of an anthrax lethal factor inhibitor (LFI). Herein, this methodology is used to prepare N-sulfonylated amino acids in up to 98% ee. This unprecedented hydrogenation uses a chiral Ru catalyst rather than Rh as typical for acylated dehydroamino acids and esters, and this work reports the first asymmetric hydrogenation of a tetrasubstituted dehydroamino acid derivative using a Ru catalyst.