Structural optimization of thiourea-based bifunctional organocatalysts for the highly enantioselective dynamic kinetic resolution of azlactones
作者:Albrecht Berkessel、Santanu Mukherjee、Thomas N. Müller、Felix Cleemann、Katrin Roland、Marc Brandenburg、Jörg-M. Neudörfl、Johann Lex
DOI:10.1039/b607574f
日期:——
describes the synthesis of a library of structurally diverse bifunctionalorganocatalysts bearing both a quasi-Lewis acidic (thio)urea moiety and a Bronsted basic tertiary amine group. Sequential modification of the modular catalyst structure and subsequent screening of the compounds in the alcoholytic dynamickineticresolution (DKR) of azlactones revealed valuable structure-activity relationships. In particular
The enantioselective cyclization of N-acyliminium ions generated in situ from tryptamine is promoted with high enantioselectivity by a new chiral thiourea catalyst. This represents the first successful system for asymmetric catalysis of the Pictet-Spengler reaction.