Symmetry swap: A C2‐chiral spiro diphosphine oxide (SpinPO) has been found to be highly efficient and enantioselective in the catalysis of double‐aldol reactions of ketones and aldehydes to give the corresponding optically active double‐aldol products, which can be readily transformed into optically active C3‐ and pseudo‐C3‐symmetric molecules.
TetraPh-Tol-BITIOPO: a new atropisomeric 3,3′-bithiophene based phosphine oxide as an organocatalyst in Lewis base-catalyzed Lewis acid mediated reactions
作者:Abbinante Vincenzo Mirco、Benaglia Maurizio、Rossi Sergio、Benincori Tiziana、Cirilli Roberto、Pierini Marco
DOI:10.1039/c9ob01297d
日期:——
catalyst was able to promote the allylation of aldehydes with allyltrichlorosilane in up to 98% yield and up to 96% enantiomeric excess (ee), and the direct aldol reaction to afford β-hydroxy ketones and β-hydroxy thioesters, with good chemical yields and modest stereochemical efficiency. Computational studies helped to elucidate and to rationalize the stereochemical outcome of the reactions catalyzed