Highly Enantioselective Cyclizations of Conjugated Trienes with Low Catalyst Loadings: A Robust Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbene Enabled by Acetic Acid Cocatalyst
摘要:
Densely functionalized cyclopentenones are useful synthetic intermediates. We report herein a new method to synthesize this important class of compounds through a highly enantioselective (98 -> 99% ee) triene cyclization that is cocatalyzed by acetic acid and a chiral N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC). We discovered that acetic acid not only could coexist with NHCs but also could greatly stabilize the active catalyst, which enables a long-lived catalyst with high reactivity and selectivity.
Ring-opening of 3-substituted 4-isoxazolines, proceeding through the intermediate isoxazolinium salts, follows two competing reaction pathways leading to alpha,beta-enones and enamines respectively. The rearrangement courses can be controlled as a function of substitution pattern and experimental conditions.
Synthesis of Dihydronaphthalenes via Aryne Diels−Alder Reactions: Scope and Diastereoselectivity
Novel aryne Diels-Alderreactions with functionalized acyclic dienes are reported. These give useful cis-substituted dihydronaphthalene building blocks in good yield which are not easily accessible via other means, as demonstrated in the synthesis of sertraline. The first asymmetric aryne cycloaddition with an acyclic diene is also reported, giving excellent diastereoselectivities with Oppolzer's sultam
Highly Enantioselective Cyclizations of Conjugated Trienes with Low Catalyst Loadings: A Robust Chiral <i>N</i>-Heterocyclic Carbene Enabled by Acetic Acid Cocatalyst
作者:Guansai Liu、Phillip D. Wilkerson、Christopher A. Toth、Hao Xu
DOI:10.1021/ol203375y
日期:2012.2.3
Densely functionalized cyclopentenones are useful synthetic intermediates. We report herein a new method to synthesize this important class of compounds through a highly enantioselective (98 -> 99% ee) triene cyclization that is cocatalyzed by acetic acid and a chiral N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC). We discovered that acetic acid not only could coexist with NHCs but also could greatly stabilize the active catalyst, which enables a long-lived catalyst with high reactivity and selectivity.