Enantioselective synthesis of pyrazolone α-aminonitrile derivatives: Via an organocatalytic Strecker reaction
A new organocatalytic enantioselective Strecker reaction of pyrazolone-derived ketimine electrophiles has been developed. Using pseudo-enantiomeric squaramide catalysts the nucleophilic 1,2-addition of trimethylsilyl cyanide to the ketimines efficiently provides a direct entry to both enantiomers of pyrazolone α-aminonitrile derivatives at will in good yields and high enantioselectivities for a wide variety of substrates.
Squaramide-catalyzed asymmetric Mannich reactions between 3-fluorooxindoles and pyrazolinone ketimines
An enantioselective Mannich reaction between 3-fluorooxindoles and pyrazolinone ketimines has been developed for the construction of amino-pyrazolone-oxindoles containing stereogenic C-F units. Based on this new protocol that allows for the generation of two adjacent tetrasubstituted stereocenters, a variety of structurally diverse fluorinated amino-pyrazolone-oxindoles were obtained in good to excellent yields with excellent diastereoselectivities and enantioselectivities (up to 98% yield, >20:1 dr and >99% ee). What's more, good yield and high stereoselectivities were obtained in the gram-scale reaction.