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Asymmetric Aza-Morita–Baylis Hillman Reaction of N-Sulfonated Imines
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Experimental Section
Acknowledgements
We thank the State Key Project of Basic Research (Project 973)
(No. G2000048007), Shanghai Municipal Committee of Science
and Technology (04JC14083), Chinese Academy of Sciences
(KGCX2-210-01), and the National Natural Science Founda-
tion of China for financial support (20472096, 203900502, and
20272069).
General Remarks
Melting points were obtained with a Yanagimoto micro melt-
ing point apparatus and are uncorrected. Unlessotherwise stat-
ed, all reactions were carried out under an argon atmosphere.
All solvents were purified by distillation. Infrared spectra
were measured on a Perkin-Elmer 983spectrometer. 1H
NMR spectra were recorded on a Bruker AM-300 spectrome-
ter as a solution in CDCl3 with tetramethylsilane (TMS) as an
internal standard; J values are in Hz. Mass spectra were record-
ed with an HP-5989 instrument and HR-MS were measured by
a Finnigan MAþmass spectrometer. N-Sulfonated imines 1
were prepared according to the literature.[7] All of the solid
compounds reported in this paper gave satisfactory CHN mi-
croanalyses with a Carlo-Erba 1106 analyzer. Commercially
obtained reagents were used without further purification. All
reactions were monitored by TLC with Huanghai GF254 silica
gel coated plates. Flash column chromatography was carried
out using 200–300 mesh silica gel at increased pressure. The
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Typical Reaction Procedure for CPLB-Catalyzed Aza-
Baylis–Hillman Reaction of N-Sulfonated Imines with
MVK
A 10-mL Schlenk tube containing N-(benzylidene)-4-chloro-
benzenesulfonamide (1e) (0.5 mmol) and 3-(2’-diphenylphos-
phanyl-2-hydroxy-[1,1’]binaphthalenyl-3-ylmethoxymethyl)-
[1,1’]bi naphthalenyl-2,2’-diol CPLB1 (0.05 mmol) was de-
gassed and the reaction vessel was protected under an argon at-
mosphere. Then, THF (1.0 mL) was added. After the reaction
mixture was cooled to ꢀ308C, methyl vinyl ketone (MVK)
(1.5 mmol) was added into the Schlenk tube. The reaction mix-
ture was stirred at ꢀ208C for 24–48 hours. The solvent was re-
moved under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by
flash column chromatography (SiO2, eluent: EtOAc/petrole-
um ether¼1/5) to yield the corresponding aza-Baylis–Hillman
adduct as a colorless solid, which was immediately subjected to
the chiral HPLC for the analysis of the achieved enantiomeric
excess. For microanalysis, all these products were recrystallized
from acetone and n-hexane.
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þ32.44 ppm (see Supporting Information). The 31P NMR
signal of the positively charged phosphine (Pþ) is in the
range of þ10 to þ30 ppm, see: M. M. Kayser, K. L.
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Supporting Information Available
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13C and H NMR spectroscopic and analytical data for chiral
phosphine Lewis bases CPLB1–CPLB4 and CPLB6, aza-
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Morita–Baylis Hillman reaction products, experimental de-
tails, Figures S1–S4, and chiral HPLC traces of the compounds
shown in Tables 1 and 2 and Schemes 2 and 3are presented in
the Supporting Information.
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