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Copper(II)-catalyzed asymmetric henry reaction of o-alkynylbenzaldehydes followed by gold(I)-mediated cycloisomerization: An enantioselective route to chiral 1 H-isochromenes and 1,3-dihydroisobenzofurans
Lu, Dengfu,Zhou, Yirong,Li, Yajun,Yan, Shaobai,Gong, Yuefa
, p. 8869 - 8878 (2011/12/15)
By combining the copper(II)-catalyzed asymmetric Henry reaction of o-alkynylbenzaldehydes with subsequent gold(I)-catalyzed cycloisomerization, optically active 1H-isochromenes and 1,3-dihydroisobenzofurans were successfully synthesized in good overall yields with good to excellent enantioselectivities (up to 98%). Various substrates were investigated, and a correlation between the regioselectivity and electronic nature of the substrates was studied. The substrates with electro-donating groups at the alkynyl moiety preferred a 6-endo-dig manner to generated 1H-isochromenes 3 as main products (up to >30:1) while the ones with electron-withdrawing groups were inclined to undergo 5-exo-dig cyclization to form 1,3-dihydroisobenzofurans 4 (up to 1:5).
