First catalytic asymmetric hydrophosphonylation of cyclic imines: Highly efficient enantioselective approach to a 4-thiazolidinylphosphonate via chiral titanium and lanthanoid catalysts
a Department of Chemistry, University of Oldenburg, PO Box 2503, D-26111, Oldenburg, Germany
b Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
Abstract:
The catalytic and enantioselective hydrophosphonylation of a cyclic imine, namely the 3-thiazoline 1, is described. We have discovered a highly efficient enantioselective de novo approach to the pharmaceutically interesting 4-thiazolidinylphosphonate 2 using either titanium or lanthanoid chiral catalysts, which gives excellent enantiomeric purities (up to 98 %ee) and high chemical yields.