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Enhanced rate and selectivity by carboxylate salt as a basic cocatalyst in chiral N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed asymmetric acylation of secondary alcohols
Kuwano, Satoru,Harada, Shingo,Kang, Bubwoong,Oriez, Raphael,Yamaoka, Yousuke,Takasu, Kiyosei,Yamada, Ken-Ichi
supporting information, p. 11485 - 11488 (2013/09/02)
The rate and enantioselectivity of chiral NHC-catalyzed asymmetric acylation of alcohols with an adjacent H-bond donor functionality are remarkably enhanced in the presence of a carboxylate cocatalyst. The degree of the enhancement is correlated with the basicity of the carboxylate. With a cocatalyst and a newly developed electron-deficient chiral NHC, kinetic resolution and desymmetrization of cyclic diols and amino alcohols were achieved with extremely high selectivity (up to s = 218 and 99% ee, respectively) at a low catalyst loading (0.5 mol %). This asymmetric acylation is characterized by a unique preference for alcohols over amines, which are not converted into amides under the reaction conditions.