Enantioconvergent Cu-Catalyzed Intramolecular C–C Coupling at Boron-Bound C(sp<sup>3</sup>) Atoms of α-Aminoalkylboronates Using a <i>C</i><sub>1</sub>-Symmetrical 2,2′-Bipyridyl Ligand Attached to a Helically Chiral Macromolecular Scaffold
作者:Yukako Yoshinaga、Takeshi Yamamoto、Michinori Suginome
DOI:10.1021/jacs.0c09080
日期:2020.10.28
Enantioconvergent intramolecular coupling of alpha-(2-bromobenzoylamino)benzylboronic esters was achieved using a copper catalyst having helically chiral macromolecular bipyridyl ligand, PQXbpy. Racemic alpha-(2-bromobenzoylamino)benzylboronic esters were converted into (R)-configured 3-arylisoindolinones with high enantiopurity using right-handed helical PQXbpy as a chiral ligand in a toluene/CHCI3 mixed solvent. When enantiopure (R)- and (S)-configured boronates were separately reacted under the same reaction conditions, both afforded (R)-configured products through formal stereoinvertive and stereoretentive processes, respectively. From these results, a mechanism involving deracemization of organocopper intermediates in the presence of PQXbpy is assumed. PQXbpy switched its helical sense to left-handed when a toluene/1,1,2-trichloroethane mixed solvent was used, resulting in the formation of the corresponding (S)-products from the racemic starting material.