Direct Catalytic Enantio‐ and Diastereoselective Mannich Reaction of Isocyanoacetates and Ketimines

A catalytic asymmetric synthesis of imidazolines with a fully substituted β‐carbon atom by a Mannich‐type addition/cyclization reaction of isocyanoacetate pronucleophiles and N‐diphenylphosphinoyl ketimines has been developed. When a combination of a cinchona‐derived aminophosphine precatalyst and silver oxide was employed as a binary catalyst system, good reactivity, high diastereoselectivities (up to 99:1 d.r.), and excellent enantioselectivities (up to 99 % ee) were obtained for a range of substrates.     

Catalyzed Vinylogous Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions with Controlled Enantio‐ and Diastereoselectivities

In control : A new catalytic vinylogous Mukaiyama aldol reaction provides products with high diastereo‐ and enantioselectivities (up to 99 % de and ee; see scheme). The relative and absolute stereochemistry of a representative product was rigorously assigned by NMR and CD spectroscopies (measured and calculated), X‐ray diffraction, and quantum‐chemical calculations.

     

Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol Reaction of an α‐Azido Amide

A direct aldol reaction of an α‐azido 7‐azaindolinylamide, promoted by a Cu‐based cooperative catalyst, is documented. Aromatic aldehydes bearing an ortho substituent exhibited diastereodivergency depending on the nature of the chiral ligands used. Smooth reactions with ynals highlighted the broad substrate scope. A vicinal azido alcohol unit in the product allowed direct access to the corresponding aziridine and facile hydrolysis of the 7‐azaindolinylamide moiety furnished enantioenriched β‐hydroxy‐α‐azido carboxylic acid derivatives.     

多相双功能催化剂上的不对称直接Aldol反应

通过将手性胺和酸基团同时引入到二氧化硅表面制备得到了一种多相双功能催化剂.该催化剂在不对称直接Aldol反应中表现出中等的催化活性和对映选择性(ee值最高可达60%以上).催化剂中手性胺和酸基团的协同作用对反应的活性和手性诱导至关重要.     

Catalytic Asymmetric Mannich Reactions with Fluorinated Aromatic Ketones: Efficient Access to Chiral β‐Fluoroamines

Reported herein is a Zn/Prophenol‐catalyzed Mannich reaction using fluorinated aromatic ketones as nucleophilic partners for the direct enantio‐ and diastereoselective construction of β‐fluoroamine motifs featuring a fluorinated tetrasubstituted carbon. The reaction can be run on a gram scale with a low catalyst loading without impacting its efficiency. Moreover, a related aldol reaction was also developed. Together, these reactions provide a new approach for the preparation of pharmaceutically relevant products possessing tetrasubstituted C? F centers.     

A Designed Amide as an Aldol Donor in the Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol Reaction

The direct catalytic asymmetric aldol reaction offers efficient access to β‐hydroxy carbonyl entities. Described is a robust direct catalytic asymmetric aldol reaction of α‐sulfanyl 7‐azaindolinylamide, thus affording both aromatic and aliphatic β‐hydroxy amides with high ee values. The design of this transformation features a cooperative interplay of a soft and a hard Lewis acid, which together facilitate the challenging chemoselective enolization by a hard Brønsted base.     

Enantio‐ and Diastereoselective 1,2‐Additions to α‐Ketoesters with Diborylmethane and Substituted 1,1‐Diborylalkanes

The catalytic enantioselective synthesis of boronate‐substituted tertiary alcohols through additions of diborylmethane and substituted 1,1‐diborylalkanes to α‐ketoesters is reported. The reactions are catalyzed by readily available chiral phosphine/copper(I) complexes and produce β‐hydroxyboronates containing up to two contiguous stereogenic centers in up to 99:1 e.r. and greater than 20:1 d.r. The utility of the organoboron products is demonstrated through several chemoselective functionalizations. Evidence indicates the reactions occur via an enantioenriched α‐boryl‐copper‐alkyl intermediate.     

Highly Enantio‐ and Diastereoselective Organocatalytic Desymmetrization of Prochiral Cyclohexanones by Simple Direct Aldol Reaction Catalyzed by Proline

Panacea for aldol desymmetrizations : We describe an easy entry for the desymmetrization of 4‐substituted‐cyclohexanones catalyzed by proline, using as cocatalysts different hydrogen‐bonding donors (see scheme), which dramatically improves the catalytic efficiency of proline in desymmetrization reactions.

     

L‐Proline‐based Phosphamides as a New Kind of Organocatalyst for Asymmetric Direct Aldol Reactions

Four L‐proline‐based phosphamides were designed and synthesized as a new kind of organocatalyst. Their catalytic activities for asymmetric direct aldol reactions were evaluated. Among them, 3a with 10 mol% catalyst loading afforded moderate to good yields and up to 99% ee.     

C1‐Symmetric Aminosulfoximines in Copper‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Vinylogous Mukaiyama Aldol Reactions

Vinylogous Mukaiyama‐type aldol reactions have been catalyzed by a combination of Cu(OTf)₂ and readily available C₁‐symmetric aminosulfoximines. After a fine‐tuning of the reaction conditions and an optimization of the modularly assembled ligand structure, high stereoselectivities and excellent yields have been achieved in catalyzed reactions involving various electrophile/nucleophile combinations. The relative and absolute configurations of two products were assigned by X‐ray single crystal structure analysis and a comparison of calculated and experimental CD spectra.     

新颖有机催化剂的合成及催化不对称直接Aldol反应研究

以N-苄氧羰基-(S)-脯氨酸和5-(1-氨基烷基)四氮唑(烷基: 甲基、乙基、2-苯基乙基)为原料, 经两步反应合成了3个新颖的有机催化剂: (S)-5-脯氨酰胺基甲基四氮唑(3a), (S,S)-5-(1-脯氨酰胺基乙基)四氮唑(3b)和(S,S)-5-(1-脯氨酰胺 基-2-苯基乙基)四氮唑(3c), 并首次将其用于催化丙酮和含吸电子基芳香醛的不对称直接aldol反应. 在室温条件下, 催化剂3b表现出较好的催化活性, 产物的ee值最高可达96%.     

Highly Active Copper‐Network Catalyst for the Direct Aldol Reaction

The development of a highly active solid‐phase catechol–copper network catalyst for direct aldol reaction is described. The catalyst was prepared from an alkyl‐chain‐linked bis(catechol) and a copper(II) complex. The direct aldol reaction between carbonyl compounds (aldehydes and ketones) and methyl isocyanoacetate was carried out using 0.1–1 mol % [Cu] catalyst to give the corresponding oxazolines at yields of up to 99 % and a trans/cis ratio of >99:1. The catalyst was reused with no loss of catalytic activity. A plausible reaction pathway is also described.     

A Designer Axially Chiral Amino Sulfonamide as an Efficient Organocatalyst for Direct Asymmetric anti‐Selective Mannich Reactions and syn‐Selective Cross‐Aldol Reactions

Amino sulfonamide catalyst : A distal proton of the axially chiral amino sulfonamide (S)‐ 1 realized the opposite diastereoselectivity in Mannich and cross‐aldol reactions compared with that observed in proline‐catalyzed reactions. The reactions catalyzed by (S)‐ 1 proceeded smoothly to give the anti‐Mannich and syn‐aldol adducts in excellent enantioselectivity (see scheme).

     

Construction of Chiral 2,3‐Allenols through a Copper(I)‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Direct Alkynylogous Aldol Reaction

Chiral 2,3‐allenols were constructed through copper(I)‐catalyzed asymmetric direct alkynylogous aldol reaction. With aromatic and heteroaromatic aldehydes, the alkynylogous aldol reaction with (R)‐DTBM‐SEGPHOS as the ligand proceeded smoothly to furnish the products in excellent regioselectivity with good to high diastereoselectivity and excellent enantioselectivity. In the cases of aliphatic aldehydes, esters of but‐2‐yn‐1‐ol as the substrates and (R,R)‐Ph‐BPE as the ligand were found to be crucial to get good to high regio‐ and diastereoselectivity. The produced chiral 2,3‐allenols are easily transformed into synthetically useful 2‐furanones through cyclization. Finally, the developed method was successfully applied in the rapid synthesis of two chiral intermediates toward the synthesis of two pharmaceutically active compounds that have been proposed for the treatment of neurological disorders.     

Unraveling the Role of Water in the Stereoselective Step of Aqueous Proline‐Catalyzed Aldol Reactions

A multiscale computational study was performed with the aim of tracing the source of stereoselectivity and disclosing the role of water in the stereoselective step of propionaldehyde aldol self‐condensation catalyzed by proline amide in water, a reaction that serves as a model for aqueous organocatalytic aldol condensations. Solvent mixing and hydration behavior were assessed by classical molecular dynamics simulations, which show that the reaction between propanal and the corresponding enamine takes place in a fully hydrated environment. First‐principles molecular dynamics simulations were used to study the free‐energy profile of four possible reaction paths, each of which yields a different stereoisomer, and high‐level static first‐principles calculations were employed to characterize the transition states for microsolvated species. The first solvation shell of the oxygen atom of the electrophilic aldehyde at the transition states contains two water molecules, each of which donates one hydrogen bond to the nascent alkoxide and thereby largely stabilizes its excess electron density. The stereoselectivity originates in an extra hydrogen bond donated by the amido group of proline amide in two reaction paths.