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Enantioselective Radical Cyclization for Construction of 5-Membered Ring Structures by Metalloradical C-H Alkylation
Wang, Yong,Wen, Xin,Cui, Xin,Zhang, X. Peter
, p. 4792 - 4796 (2018/04/17)
Radical cyclization represents a powerful strategy for construction of ring structures. Traditional radical cyclization, which is based on radical addition as the key step, necessitates the use of unsaturated substrates. Guided by the concept of metalloradical catalysis, a different mode of radical cyclization that can employ saturated C-H substrates is demonstrated through the development of a Co(II)-based system for catalytic activation of aliphatic diazo compounds for enantioselective radical alkylation of various C(sp3)-H bonds. It allows for efficient construction of chiral pyrrolidines and other valuable 5-membered cyclic compounds. This alternative strategy of radical cyclization provides a new retrosynthetic paradigm to prepare five-membered cyclic molecules from readily available open-chain aldehydes through the union of C-H and C=O elements for C-C bond formation.
The Synthesis of Aracemic 4-Substituted Pyrrolidinones and 3-Substituted Pyrrolidines. An Asymmetric Synthesis of (-)-Rolipram
Meyers, A. I.,Snyder, Lawrence
, p. 36 - 42 (2007/10/02)
Conjugate additions of RCuCNLi to the chiral α,β-unsaturated lactam 4 gives almost exclusive exo addition - a reversal in stereochemistry when cuprates were added to chiral lactam 1.The lactams 5 were transformed into 4-substituted pyrrolidinones 8 via a three-step sequence which involved decarbalkoxylation, silane reduction and metal-ammonia benzylamine cleavage.The chemical yields as well as the enantiomeric purity were very high for this process.As an example of the usefulness of this scheme, the antidepressant (-)-Rolipram was prepared in good overall yield.Furthermore, the bicyclic lactams 6 were readily transformed, using alane as the reducing agent, to 3-substituted pyrrolidines 11.Absolute configurations of 8 and 11 were confirmed by comparison with literature assignments which also gave strong support to the facial addition of the cuprates to 4.