1644560-10-0Relevant articles and documents
Enantio- and diastereoselective access to distant stereocenters embedded within tetrahydroxanthenes: Utilizing ortho-quinone methides as reactive intermediates in asymmetric bronsted acid catalysis
Hsiao, Chien-Chi,Liao, Hsuan-Hung,Rueping, Magnus
, p. 13258 - 13263 (2014)
A protocol for the highly enantioselective synthesis of 9-substituted tetrahydroxanthenones by means of asymmetric Bronsted acid catalysis has been developed. A chiral binolbased N-triflyphosphoramide was found to promote the in situ generation of ortho-quinone methides and their subsequent reaction with 1,3-cyclohexanedione to provide the desired products with excellent enantioselectivities. In addition, a highly enantio- and diastereoselective Bronsted acid catalyzed desymmetrization of 5-monosubstituted 1,3-dicarbonyl substrates with ortho-quinone methides gives rise to valuable tetrahydroxanthenes containing two distant stereocenters.
Bronsted acid catalyzed, conjugate addition of β-dicarbonyls to in situ generated ortho-quinone methides - Enantioselective synthesis of 4-aryl-4H-chromenes
El-Sepelgy, Osama,Haseloff, Stefan,Alamsetti, Santosh Kumar,Schneider, Christoph
supporting information, p. 7923 - 7927 (2014/08/05)
We describe herein a catalytic, enantioselective process for the synthesis of 4H-chromenes which are important structural elements of many natural products and biologically active compounds. A sequence comprising a conjugate addition of β-diketones to in situ generated ortho-quinone methides followed by a cyclodehydration reaction furnished 4-aryl-4H-chromenes in generally excellent yields and high optical purity. A BINOL-based chiral phosphoric acid was employed as a Bronsted acid catalyst which converted ortho-hydroxy benzhydryl alcohols into hydrogen-bonded ortho-quinone methides and effected the carbon-carbon bond-forming event with high enantioselectivity. Chiral phosphoric acids permit the in situ generation of hydrogen-bonded ortho-quinone methides which react with β-diketones and β-keto esters with excellent enantioselectivity and furnish valuable 4-aryl-4H-chromenes and related heterocycles upon subsequent cyclodehydration. These observations extend the substrate scope of enantioselective phosphoric acid catalysis towards an important additional class of compounds.