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From DFT calculations, we can find support for our
mechanistic arguments given above. We have chosen the
cycloaddition reaction that gives rise to 3a as our model system
in our DFT calculations. The DFT calculation results (Figure 2)
indicate that the proposed mechanism is energetically very
reasonable. We have also calculated the transition states for other
attacking modes leading to exo and endo cycloadduct as well as
different enantiomers (Figure 3, and see the Supporting
Information for more details). From these calculations, we
indeed found out that the barriers for other pathways are higher
than the one shown in Figure 2, thus explaining the high
selectivity observed experimentally. Meanwhile, the eclipsing
interactions in boat form force the heterocyclic ring to adopt the
chair conformation (Scheme 3, E was calculated to be 0.6 kcal/
mol lower in free energy than D).
In conclusion, we have successfully developed a rapid and
divergent approach to enantioenriched piperidine derivatives via
Cu(I)/(S,Rp)-PPF-NHMe-catalyzed exo-selective 1,3-dipolar [3
+ 6] cycloaddition of azomethine ylides with 2-acylcyclohepta-
trienes. The great importance of the bioactive piperidines bearing
multiple stereogenic centers makes the methodology particularly
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Author Contributions
⊥Z.-L.H. and F.K.S. contributed equally.
Notes
The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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This work is supported by the 973 Program (2011CB808600),
NSFC (21172176, 21372180), and the Fundamental Research
Funds for the Central Universities. F.K.S. acknowledges support
from the Hong Kong Ph.D. Fellowship Scheme 2012/13 (PF11-
08816).
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