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Organocatalytic asymmetric synthesis of 1,1-diarylethanes by transfer hydrogenation
Wang, Zhaobin,Ai, Fujin,Wang, Zheng,Zhao, Wanxiang,Zhu, Guangyu,Lin, Zhenyang,Sun, Jianwei
, p. 383 - 389 (2015/01/30)
A new organocatalytic transfer hydrogenation strategy for the asymmetric synthesis of 1,1-diarylethanes is described. Under mild conditions, a range of 1,1-diarylethanes substituted with an o-hydroxyphenyl or indole unit could be obtained with excellent efficiency and enantioselectivity. We also extended the protocol to an unprecedented asymmetric hydroarylation of 1,1-diarylalkenes with indoles for the synthesis of a range of highly enantioenriched 1,1,1-triarylethanes bearing acyclic all-carbon quaternary stereocenters. These diaryl- and triarylethanes exhibit impressive cytotoxicity against a number of human cancer cell lines. Preliminary mechanistic studies combined with DFT calculations provided important insight into the reaction mechanism.
