Novel chiral hydrogen bond donor catalysts based on a 4,5-diaminoxanthene scaffold: application to enantioselective conjugate addition of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds to nitroalkenes
Novelchiral hydrogen bond donor catalysts based on a 4,5-diamino-9,9′-dimethylxanthene skeleton were designed and synthesized. Among the phenylurea-amide hybrid molecules prepared from various natural/unnatural chiral amino acids, the phenylalanine-derived catalyst, and the proline-derived catalyst were successfully applied to enantioselective conjugate addition of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds to nitroalkenes