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Enantioselective synthesis of cyclic, quaternary oxonitriles
Guenes, Yakup,Polat, M. Fatih,Sahin, Ertan,Fleming, Fraser F.,Altundas, Ramazan
supporting information; experimental part, p. 7092 - 7098 (2010/12/24)
Quaternary oxonitriles are stereoselectively generated from the union of five-, six-, and seven-membered 2-chloroalkenecarbonitriles with chiral alcohols via a Claisen rearrangement. The strategy rests on a new conjugate addition-elimination of allylic alkoxides to 2-chlorocycloalkenecarbonitriles to afford substituted 2-alkoxyalkenenitriles. Subsequent thermolysis unmasks a cyclic oxonitrile while selectively forming a new quaternary center with enantiomeric ratios typically greater than 9:1. The overall alkylation strategy addresses the challenge of enantioselectively generating hindered, quaternary centers while simultaneously installing ketone, nitrile, and olefin functionalities.