Asymmetric Pd/Organoboron‐Catalyzed Site‐Selective Carbohydrate Functionalization with Alkoxyallenes Involving Noncovalent Stereocontrol
作者:Hao Guo、Jan‐Lukas Kirchhoff、Carsten Strohmann、Bastian Grabe、Charles C. J. Loh
DOI:10.1002/anie.202400912
日期:2024.5.21
Herein, we demonstrate the robustness of a synergistic chiral Pd/organoboron system in tackling a challenging suite of site‐, regio‐, enantio‐ and diastereoselectivity issues across a considerable palette of biologically relevant carbohydrate polyols, when prochiral alkoxyallenes were employed as electrophiles. In view of the burgeoning role of noncovalent interactions (NCIs) in stereoselective carbohydrate synthesis, our mechanistic experiments and DFT modeling of the reaction path unexpectedly revealed that NCIs such as hydrogen bonding and CH‐π interactions between the resting states of the Pd‐π‐allyl complex and the borinate saccharide are critically involved in the stereoselectivity control. Our strategy thus illuminates the untapped potential of harnessing NCIs in the context of transition metal catalysis to tackle stereoselectivity challenges in carbohydrate functionalization.